NZ War Graves Project

NZ Defence Force donates surplus vehicle to project.

Support for the Project:

Commonwealth Secretary-General

Don McKinnon (when Commonwealth Secretary-General):
……I congratulate you on the establishment of the New Zealand War Graves Project. Keeping New Zealanders informed about what happened to their citizens in the way you are contemplating will add a positive and worthwhile dimension to the country’s knowledge of its own history.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Claire Samber – CWGC:
The establishment of the New Zealand War Graves Project, will , I am sure, be an extremely worthwhile and useful project to New Zealanders worldwide, It will undoubtedly become a valuable resource for new Zealanders tracing their relatives and learning more about the historical background to those conflicts in which their families were involved.

New Zealand Defence Force

Lt. Gen J. Mateparae:
The New Zealand War Graves Project’s plan to photograph every NZ war grave and memorials and establish a database and website utilizing this material is an ambitious and important undertaking……

… I wish the New Zealand War Grave Project every success and I am convinced that its work will be of great value to the nation.

Auckland Museum:
We will be pleased to support your project and would be delighted to see the New Zealand War Graves Project ultimately located here as part of the most comprehensive war memorial archives and services in the country. -Dr T. L. Rodney Wilson

Royal Returned and Services Association

Royal New Zealand Returned & Services Association:
It is the belief of the Executive that The New Zealand War Graves Project would be a most significant Remembrance project and of great value to New Zealanders, Local Communities and the Nation. - John Campbell, National President

Other Important Supporters :

Hon Judith Tizard, when Associate Minister for Arts, Culture, and Heritage

John Key, when Leader of the Opposition, Leader of the National Party

Dr Don Brash, Previous Leader of the Opposition, Previous Leader of the National Party

Rodney Hide, Leader ACT New Zealand

Keith Locke, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

Hon Peter Dunne, Leader United Future New Zealand

Financial Support for the Project:
Government:

Veteran Affairs New Zealand