June 13th 2008

TYNE COT VISITOR NUMBERS GROW

The number of people visiting the Tyne Cot War Graves Cemetery last year has been estimated at 265,000, some 45,000 more than the previous year.

March 21st 2008

ANZAC DAY 2008 - PROGRAMME

This year\'s ANZAC Day commemorations in Belgium will be held in Mesen (Messines) and Ieper (Ypres) on Friday, April 25.

October 16th 2007

PM SIGNS SHARED MEMORIES ACCORD WITH FLANDERS

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Flemish Foreign Policy, Tourism, and Media Minister Geert Bourgeois have signed a shared memories arrangement.

October 16th 2007

PM: THE DISASTER THAT WAS PASSCHENDAELE

The speech by the New Zealand Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, at the ANZAC service on October 4, 2007, at Tyne Cot Cemetery.

September 24th 2007

NZ PRIME MINISTER TO ATTEND PASSCHENDAELE SERVICES

The New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, will attend two services commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele on October 4.

September 5th 2007

DNA IDENTIFIES \'MISSING\' AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS

For the first time, DNA technology has enabled positive identification of the remains of soldiers found almost 90 years after they went missing.

August 21st 2007

HAYLEY WESTENRA IN PASSCHENDAELE TRIBUTE

Hayley Westenra, one of the world’s most successful young singers, will give a free outdoor concert in the grounds of the Zonnebeke Chateau as part of the 90th Commemorations of the Battle of Passchendaele.

August 15th 2007

LONDON NZ TO PLAY MATCH AT PASSCHENDAELE

The London New Zealand Rugby Football Club will play a match against a French club as part of this year’s 90th Commemorations of Passchendaele.

August 11th 2007

TAONGA PUORO MUSICIAN TO PERFORM IN FLANDERS

Horomona Horo, a musician specialising in taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments), will give performances in West Flanders in October.

August 11th 2007

UNVEILING OF SCIASCIA MEMORIAL AT WARNETON

A memorial to the New Zeaand Maori rugby player Charles Rangiwawahia Sciascia has been unveiled at Warneton, near Messines.