KO TE MAHARATANGA PAKANGA O TE MOTU KI PUKEAHU TĀ AOTEAROA WHAKAMAUMAHARATANGA KI A RĀTOU I RANGATIRA TE HINGA I NGĀ PAKANGA KI TĀWĀHI ME NGĀ MAHI HOHOU I TE RONGO KI REIRA.
Koia tēnei, te puna whakahoki mahara o te motu, te arotahinga pū o ngā maumahara a ngā whakatupuranga heke, heke noa.
Ko Te Maharatanga Pakanga mātāmua tēnei o te motu e whaimana nui nei i ōna kōrero tūturu o nehe, i tōna uara ahurea, i ōna taonga anō hoki. Ka hangaia mai tēnei whakamaumaharatanga nui i muri mai i Te Pakanga Nui o te Ao Tuatahi, i runga i te kaha hiahia a te motu whānui kia whakapūtahitia ngā maumaharatanga whakatiketike i te hunga i hinga ki te pae o te riri. Ko tā Aotearoa kōkiri i ōna anō kōrero pakanga i hangaia ai pērā me ērā whakamaumaharatanga pakanga i puāwai mai huri noa o te ao i te rautau rua tekau. Kitea ai te tuakiri o te motu i tōna hanganga tonu me ngā tini āhua whakamaumaharatanga ka whakahaerehia ki reira.
Ko Te Maharatanga Pakanga o te Motu he wāhi whakahirahira hei whakaū i te whanaungatanga ki whenua kē. Arā, ka tae manuhiri mai te tokopae rangatira o tāwāhi ki ngā hui whakamaumahara, ki te whakatakoto puāwai whakamaumahara. He wāhi huihuinga mātāmua rawa mō ngā rangatira o te ao, e kitea whānuitia ai a Aotearoa nui tonu e te ao katoa.Ko te whakamaumahara me te whakamānawa i te hunga hinga pakanga he āhuatanga e whakapakari haere nei i tā Aotearoa whanaungatanga ki ngā tōpito o te ao whānui.
E toru ngā momo hanganga o Te Maharatanga Pakanga o te Motu i hua wā kē mai: te Kāhui Pere o Te Maharatanga Pakanga, tōna arawhata me te torotīnga wai i oti mai te hanga i te tau 1932; te Hōro Whakahoki Mahara i oti ake i te tau 1964; me te Toma o te Toa Matangaro i whakatauria ki reira i te tau 2004. He mea āta waihanga tōna hangarite whakahirahira e tētehi tino uepū hoahoa whare i Aotearoa, arā, ā Gummer and Ford. Kei te kaha manaaki mai te pīereere ‘ora nei’ o te Kāhui Pere i te āhua whakamīharo o te whakamaumaharatanga me ōna karapotinga. Koia te kāhui pere nui tuatoru o te ao, ā, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana huri noa i te ao te rōreka o tōna reo whakaaraara. Kei reira anō hoki ngā pōhutukawa whakamaumahara.
THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL AT PUKEAHU IS NEW ZEALAND’S STATE MONUMENT TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND FALLEN IN OVERSEAS WARS AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.
The country’s foremost living symbol of national and personal remembrance and reflection, it is the focal point of generations of memory.
As New Zealand’s pre-eminent place for war commemoration, in a landscape of great cultural and historical significance, the National War Memorial is of outstanding historical, cultural, and physical heritage value. The building of this major civic monument after the First World War is our country’s most prominent response to the powerful social need for a place to honour and remember our war dead. It is New Zealand’s national expression of a movement of war memorial creation that occurred globally during the twentieth century. Our national identity is reflected in this memorial, not only through its architecture and the events it commemorates but also in the ways we collectively demonstrate our remembrance there.
The National War Memorial is also a very important site for international relationships, where numerous visiting dignitaries lay wreaths and attend commemoration ceremonies. It is a key site in the itineraries of state visits and a place where New Zealand presents itself to the world. The remembrance and honouring of war dead strengthens our global connections.
The National War Memorial consists of three inter-related structures from different eras: the National War Memorial Carillon with steps and fountain, completed in 1932; the Hall of Memories, completed in 1964; and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, installed in 2004. The striking and coherent symmetrical composition was designed by one of New Zealand’s most prominent architectural firms, Gummer and Ford. The powerful aesthetic impact of the memorial and its surroundings is enhanced by the ‘living’ sonic element contributed by the Carillon–the third largest musical instrument of its type in the world, technologically significant internationally for its acoustic quality–and the many memorial pōhutukawa trees.
Koia tēnei, te puna whakahoki mahara o te motu, te arotahinga pū o ngā maumahara a ngā whakatupuranga heke, heke noa.
Ko Te Maharatanga Pakanga mātāmua tēnei o te motu e whaimana nui nei i ōna kōrero tūturu o nehe, i tōna uara ahurea, i ōna taonga anō hoki. Ka hangaia mai tēnei whakamaumaharatanga nui i muri mai i Te Pakanga Nui o te Ao Tuatahi, i runga i te kaha hiahia a te motu whānui kia whakapūtahitia ngā maumaharatanga whakatiketike i te hunga i hinga ki te pae o te riri. Ko tā Aotearoa kōkiri i ōna anō kōrero pakanga i hangaia ai pērā me ērā whakamaumaharatanga pakanga i puāwai mai huri noa o te ao i te rautau rua tekau. Kitea ai te tuakiri o te motu i tōna hanganga tonu me ngā tini āhua whakamaumaharatanga ka whakahaerehia ki reira.
Ko Te Maharatanga Pakanga o te Motu he wāhi whakahirahira hei whakaū i te whanaungatanga ki whenua kē. Arā, ka tae manuhiri mai te tokopae rangatira o tāwāhi ki ngā hui whakamaumahara, ki te whakatakoto puāwai whakamaumahara. He wāhi huihuinga mātāmua rawa mō ngā rangatira o te ao, e kitea whānuitia ai a Aotearoa nui tonu e te ao katoa.Ko te whakamaumahara me te whakamānawa i te hunga hinga pakanga he āhuatanga e whakapakari haere nei i tā Aotearoa whanaungatanga ki ngā tōpito o te ao whānui.
E toru ngā momo hanganga o Te Maharatanga Pakanga o te Motu i hua wā kē mai: te Kāhui Pere o Te Maharatanga Pakanga, tōna arawhata me te torotīnga wai i oti mai te hanga i te tau 1932; te Hōro Whakahoki Mahara i oti ake i te tau 1964; me te Toma o te Toa Matangaro i whakatauria ki reira i te tau 2004. He mea āta waihanga tōna hangarite whakahirahira e tētehi tino uepū hoahoa whare i Aotearoa, arā, ā Gummer and Ford. Kei te kaha manaaki mai te pīereere ‘ora nei’ o te Kāhui Pere i te āhua whakamīharo o te whakamaumaharatanga me ōna karapotinga. Koia te kāhui pere nui tuatoru o te ao, ā, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana huri noa i te ao te rōreka o tōna reo whakaaraara. Kei reira anō hoki ngā pōhutukawa whakamaumahara.
THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL AT PUKEAHU IS NEW ZEALAND’S STATE MONUMENT TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND FALLEN IN OVERSEAS WARS AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.
The country’s foremost living symbol of national and personal remembrance and reflection, it is the focal point of generations of memory.
As New Zealand’s pre-eminent place for war commemoration, in a landscape of great cultural and historical significance, the National War Memorial is of outstanding historical, cultural, and physical heritage value. The building of this major civic monument after the First World War is our country’s most prominent response to the powerful social need for a place to honour and remember our war dead. It is New Zealand’s national expression of a movement of war memorial creation that occurred globally during the twentieth century. Our national identity is reflected in this memorial, not only through its architecture and the events it commemorates but also in the ways we collectively demonstrate our remembrance there.
The National War Memorial is also a very important site for international relationships, where numerous visiting dignitaries lay wreaths and attend commemoration ceremonies. It is a key site in the itineraries of state visits and a place where New Zealand presents itself to the world. The remembrance and honouring of war dead strengthens our global connections.
The National War Memorial consists of three inter-related structures from different eras: the National War Memorial Carillon with steps and fountain, completed in 1932; the Hall of Memories, completed in 1964; and the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, installed in 2004. The striking and coherent symmetrical composition was designed by one of New Zealand’s most prominent architectural firms, Gummer and Ford. The powerful aesthetic impact of the memorial and its surroundings is enhanced by the ‘living’ sonic element contributed by the Carillon–the third largest musical instrument of its type in the world, technologically significant internationally for its acoustic quality–and the many memorial pōhutukawa trees.
