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    Peace Celebrations: Commemoration for servicepeople who died in WWI

    July 19, 2019 Jeffrey

    Many families produced remembrance cards to commemorate their loved ones who never returned or who died as a result of war service. One such family,

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    Peace Celebrations: WWI Peace Trees in Hutt City

    July 19, 2019 Jeffrey

    Some of the large mature trees which dot the New Zealand landscape were planted during the July 1919 Peace celebrations. Many communities chose to plant

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    Peace Celebrations: Petone and Lower Hutt 1919

    July 19, 2019 Tricia

    Peace to celebrate the end of WWI was officially marked in NZ over the three days of July 19-21 1919. Saturday 19 July was designated

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