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New Zealand Wars memorials
There are more than 60 memorials in New Zealand to the dead of the New Zealand Wars. But their story is strikingly different to that of the memorials put up in memory of those who died in the country’s other major conflicts
- Page 1 - New Zealand Wars memorialsThere are more than 60 memorials in New Zealand to the dead of the New Zealand Wars. But their story is strikingly different to that of the memorials put up in memory of those who
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Main image: New Zealand Wars memorial, Howick
Many of the men listed on these honour boards were former imperial soldiers who arrived in New Zealand between 1847 and 1852 as members of the Royal New Zealand Fencibles.
