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Image collection: New Zealand at War
This is a sample of photographs of New Zealand at war. You can search the catalogue for more or browse the collections.

At the Dardanelles during World War One, 1914-18 [1916] |

Soldiers near a Red Cross medical tent on one of the beaches at the Dardanelles, Gallipoli [1916?]
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A view of Beach V, one of the initial landing points for troops, Gallipoli Peninsula [1915] |

Graves of officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula [1915] |

Returned soldiers pass through Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1917] |

The officers of the Canterbury Mounted Regiment, Addington, Christchurch [1914] |

The march of the 16th Infantry, reinforcements for ANZACs, through Christchurch streets [1916] |

The departure of the 17th reinforcements and Maori details to join the ANZACs from Wellington : the transport clears the wharf. [1916] |

Col. R A Chaffey, officer commanding Canterbury District, reviews military parade, Hagley Park, Christchurch [25 Apr. 1918] |

R.S.A. Miss Victory contest, Christchurch, 1943 [1943] |

A Canterbury trooper, 3rd New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Rough Riders), preparing to depart for the Boer War (1899-1902) [1900] |

A fatigue party on duty, Addington Camp, Christchurch [1900] |

Celebrating victory in Europe (VE Day, 9 May 1945), Normans Road, Bryndwr [9 May 1945] |

Celebrating victory over Japan (VJ Day, 14 August 1945), Normans Road, Bryndwr [Aug. 1945] |

Some of the crowd who celebrated VJ Day (14 August 1945) shown at the corner of Strowan and Normans Roads, Bryndwr [Aug. 1945] |

Members of the B Squadron of the Canterbury Mounted Regiment on their way to Lyttelton [23 Sept. 1914] |

During the war, girls were engaged on a wide range of jobs [between 1940 and 1945] |

Munitions jobs were often monotonous [between 1940 and 1945] |

Troops watering horses in the Avon River near Carlton Bridge, Christchurch [23 Sept. 1914] |

Knitting socks for the troops serving overseas in World War Two (1939-45) [1940] |

New Zealand servicemen and their war brides shown shortly after their arrival on the Rangitata, photographed at the Christchurch railway station [22 Oct. 1946] |

Review of the New Zealand Rough Riders (3rd New Zealand contingent) [15 Feb. 1900] |

Women's Land Army plots, Abberley Park, St Albans [1942] |

Nurses' Memorial Chapel, Christchurch Hospital, Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch [ca. 1930] |

Second echelon of New Zealand Expeditionary Forces march west along Cashel Street, under the Bridge of Remembrance [1940] |

Women of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAFs) on parade at Harewood Air Force Station, Christchurch [1941] |

Women of the Air Force Auxiliary, Harewood, Christchurch [1941]
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A Bob Semple tank crosses the Bridge of Remembrance during a defence parade through Christchurch [26 Apr. 1941] |

The march of the 16th Infantry to reinforce the ANZACS through Manchester Street to Railway Station, Christchurch [16 or 17 Aug. 1916] |
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