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Attack on Ayun Kara map

After capturing Gaza in early November 1917, the British continued their pursuit of the retreating Ottomans north into Palestine. They sought to split the enemy’s forces by disrupting road and railway...

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NZEF in England 1916-19 map

You can also download a hi-res copy as a pdf (1.3 mbs).In order to support the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) on the European continent, an enormous infrastructure of camps, hospitals, depots...

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Map and orders for NZ Division's Somme offensive

Page one of Order No. 20 (Secret) issued to New Zealand troops in France just before they became involved in the Battle of the Somme. The Order issued on 14 September 1916 includes a map of the British...

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Christchurch recruiting map, 1916

The Christchurch Recruiting Committee conducted a ‘house to house canvass’ of every household in the city in the winter of 1916, encouraging men to volunteer and recording the names of the willing. The...

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Deaths from underground gas explosions in mines

This map shows the location of New Zealand's major coal mine disasters where deaths were caused by methane gas explosions.Another major disaster, where 11 were killed at Glen Afton mine, Huntly, on 24...

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Pike River mine location map

The Pike River underground coal mine is located high in the rugged Paparoa Range, on the West Coast of the South Island. On 19 November 2010, the mine exploded. Twenty-nine men underground died...

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Pike River coalfield map

First geological map of the Pike River coalfield, produced by Harold Wellman in 1948. The Brunner coal seam, mined by the Pike River coal company, is within the solid black line which shows the...

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Map of Cassino area, 1944

This map depicts the layout of the Cassino area as it appeared when the New Zealand Corps attacked the Italian town in February and March 1944. The New Zealand Corps arrived at the town from the east....

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Gallipoli places map

The map below locates places of significance to New Zealand forces during the Gallipoli campaign, April-December 1915. Click on a place name below the map to find its location then zoom in for a more...

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Schlieffen Plan and German invasion of 1914

You can also download a hi-res copy as a pdf (4 mbs).The Schlieffen Plan drawn up in 1905 was the German army’s answer to its central strategic problem: how to win a war on two fronts, against France...

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Armistice and occupation of Germany map

You can also download a hi-res copy as a pdf (2.5 mbs).This map shows the areas from which the German army was forced to withdraw during the late stages of the First World War and following the...

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Map and orders for NZ Division's Somme offensive

Page one of Order No. 20 (Secret) issued to New Zealand troops in France just before they became involved in the Battle of the Somme. The Order issued on 14 September 1916 includes a map of the British...

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Christchurch recruiting map, 1916

The Christchurch Recruiting Committee conducted a ‘house to house canvass’ of every household in the city in the winter of 1916, encouraging men to volunteer and recording the names of the willing. The...

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Deaths from underground gas explosions in mines

This map shows the location of New Zealand's major coal mine disasters where deaths were caused by methane gas explosions.Another major disaster, where 11 were killed at Glen Afton mine, Huntly, on 24...

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Pike River mine location map

The Pike River underground coal mine is located high in the rugged Paparoa Range, on the West Coast of the South Island. On 19 November 2010, the mine exploded. Twenty-nine men underground died...

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Pike River coalfield map

First geological map of the Pike River coalfield, produced by Harold Wellman in 1948. The Brunner coal seam, mined by the Pike River coal company, is within the solid black line which shows the...

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Gallipoli places map

The map below locates places of significance to New Zealand forces during the Gallipoli campaign, April-December 1915. Click on a place name below the map to find its location then zoom in for a more...

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The 1913 strike in Auckland

Auckland wharves during 1913 strikeWatersiders working on Auckland’s coal boats struck on 28 October in support of the Huntly miners. The rest of the city’s watersiders came out the next day following...

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