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New edition of classic history returns to print ahead of Anzac Day

The Anzac Experience: New Zealand, Australia and Empire in the First World War Christopher Pugsley Revised edition of much-praised history examines the Great War experience of New Zealand, Australia and Canada ‘One of the best works of Australasian military history I have ever read.’  – Allan Converse, The Journal of Military History One hundred and ten years on from the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, a new era of wars in the eastern Mediterranean obliges us to consider the role of the military in human history. 

2025-03-28T08:47:24+13:00March 28th, 2025|NZ History|
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Remembering those whose lives were shaped by war

The approach of Anzac Day signals a time to remember the millions of people who were affected by twentieth-century wars, and those whose lives and lands are still ravaged by invasion and civil conflict. Oratia Books has a firm commitment to telling the stories of New Zealanders at war, not to glorify the events but better to understand and learn from the experience.

2022-04-20T15:46:12+12:00April 20th, 2022|Children's books, NZ History|
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New edition of Gallipoli reflects major revision of official numbers

First published in 1984, Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story is a key work in the nation's history. In the words of the NZ Listener, Christopher Pugsley's first book 'recast our vision of the iconic campaign and simultaneously redefined the art of military-history writing in New Zealand.'

2022-04-11T10:04:25+12:00April 11th, 2022|NZ History|
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The Water Bottle honours the Turkish-New Zealand bond forged at Gallipoli

Kiwi author and Turkish illustrator join to create a children’s book that fosters the bond forged at Gallipoli It’s cause for hope when countries that were at war can transcend that enmity, even when separated by thousands of kilometres. That is what New Zealand and Turkey share — a deep friendship that is commemorated each 25 April on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

2022-04-03T18:27:52+12:00April 3rd, 2022|Children's books|
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