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NZPT is a non-profit organisation set up in Belgium to assist Aotearoa / New Zealand schools, groups and individuals for visits to the Western Front and to assist with the organisation of commemorative events and exhibitions.

03/09/2026

𝓡𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼

Yesterday our Trust had the privilege of joining a New Zealand theatre group on a remembrance tour organised by the In Flanders Fields Museum.

Together with New Zealand performers and a group of art students from Heilige Familie Ieper, we spent a truly meaningful afternoon bringing several WWI sites to life through stories, personal accounts and shared memories. It was a remarkable reminder that these places are not simply landscapes or monuments, they are places filled with human stories that still have the power to connect generations and people from opposite sides of the world.

The afternoon was a wonderful example of how remembrance can remain alive: not only by looking back at the past, but by inviting young people to listen, question, reflect and keep those stories moving forward.

And tonight, we're looking forward to ‘The Ground Remembers Us’! This contemporary 45-minute performance (directed by Blaise Barham and produced by Paul Percy) is exploring the legacy of the First World War through the eyes of young New Zealanders, with the Battle of Passchendaele as its starting point.
ℹ & 🎫: https://www.inflandersfields.be/nl/programma-1/the-ground-remember-us

📸: Marijke Vandevyvere

01/09/2026

Looking forward to meet this group later this week!

31/08/2026

𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓕𝓲𝓮𝓵𝓭 𝓣𝓸 𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽 @ Talbot House - Every man's club

We are proud to announce that the New Zealand documentary 'From Field to Front' will be screened in Belgium for the very first time on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝟴:𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺 at Talbot House - Every man's club in Poperinge.

Created in collaboration with Jude Dobson and her Home Grown TV team, with whom our Trust had the privilege of working last year, this docu tells the remarkable story of Dave Gallaher, the legendary captain of the 1905 New Zealand Originals, the team that laid the foundations of what would become the mighty All Blacks.

But Gallaher’s story reaches far beyond the rugby field. A pioneering leader and one of New Zealand’s greatest sporting figures, Gallaher also served as a sergeant during the First World War. On 4 October 1917 he was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele.

In the documentary, former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick takes us on a deeply moving journey through sport, history and remembrance. At its heart is a symbolic exchange of soil between four places that shaped Gallaher’s life: Ramelton in Ireland, the Parc des Princes in Paris, his final resting place at Nine Elms British Cemetery in Poperinge and Eden Park in Auckland. Through this extraordinary journey Dave Gallaher is symbolically brought home, connecting the rugby fields of New Zealand and Europe with the battlefields of Flanders.

Join us at Talbot House on the eve of the 109th anniversary of Dave's death for this unique Belgian premiere and discover the remarkable story of a man who made history both on and beyond the rugby field.

🎟 Tickets: https://talbot-house1.odoo.com/en/event/from-field-to-front-56/register

20/08/2026

𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓥𝓮𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓷æ𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓐𝓪𝓫𝓮𝓷𝓻𝓪𝓪 🇩🇰

Last week, quite unexpectedly, Marijke came across a remarkable memorial during her holiday at Vemmenæs in Denmark. It marks the place where, on the night of 23 April 1944, a Stirling bomber of No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF was shot down during a mine-laying operation (see previous post).

Among them were three young New Zealanders whose lives had carried them halfway around the world, only to end together in the Danish night: Pilot Officer Mauson Lammas, Air Bomber Robert Bailey and Navigator Douglas William Vaughan.

Today we follow the story a little further and travel from the place where their aircraft fell to the Aabenraa cemetery where the New Zealand airmen from that aircraft were laid to rest.

🌺 Mauson Lammas was a 30-year-old farm worker from Dannevirke who had volunteered for air force training in 1941. He had only flown his first operational mission on 26 March 1944. Less than a month later, he lost his life.

🌺 Robert Bailey had begun the war in a light anti-aircraft battery before joining the RNZAF. After training in New Zealand, Canada and England, he became a bomb aimer. His first operational mission. too, had been only weeks before the fatal flight.

🌺 Douglas William Vaughan was just 28 years old. Like Lammas and Bailey, he served with 75 (NZ) Squadron, flying from RAF Mepal in Cambridgeshire.

The distance between Vemmenæs and Aabenraa is measured in kilometres. The distance between their homes in New Zealand and this quiet corner of Denmark is almost impossible to comprehend.

But we simply refuse to forget.

Dolores Cross Project
📸 Marijke Vandevyvere

15/08/2026

𝓐𝓷 𝓾𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷

When a nature walk during a holiday in Denmark suddenly becomes a journey into history: a small monument, a few names and a story.

This mindesmærke tells the tragic events of a night in April 1944. On 23 April, a Short Stirling bomber, returning from a mission over Kiel, was shot down by a German night fighter off the coast of Vemmenæs. The aircraft crashed in shallow waters, taking the lives of all seven members of its crew, among them airmen from New Zealand and the Royal Air Force.

A Dolores Cross found a meaningful place: a small token of remembrance for those who never made it home.

📸 Marijke Vandevyvere

Dolores Cross Project

05/08/2026

The sound of cheering belongs on a sports field. The silence beneath the Menin Gate belongs to remembrance.

Yesterday Dav Hey and Mike Bignell represented the NZ Hockey Masters M55 team by laying a wreath during the Last Post in Ypres. In a place where young men once gave everything, today's sportsmen paused to honour their legacy.

Different generations. Different battles. The same spirit of courage and comradeship.

📸 Eric Compernolle

01/08/2026

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓸 𝓸𝓯 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮

At the end of July we once again gathered in La Basse-Ville for the annual Cérémonie d’Hommage in memory of Lance Corporal Leslie Wilton Andrew VC.

Beyond every medal is a human story, so we remembered the man who gave that story its name. On 31 July 1917, on the opening day of the Battle of Passchendaele, this young New Zealander displayed extraordinary courage in this quiet corner of Belgium. More than a century later, we continue to pause, remember and give thanks for a life marked by remarkable bravery and selfless service.

Our heartfelt thanks goes to NZPT-member François Maekelberg, whose unwavering commitment keeps this meaningful tradition alive year after year, as well to everyone who took a moment out of their day to join us in quiet remembrance. Every presence mattered.

This year's ceremony was made even more special by the presence of local children. Holding their own handmade poppies, they became part of the remembrance in a way that was simple, sincere and deeply touching. Because in those small hands lay something far greater than paper and paint: the first seed of remembrance, gently planted, with every hope that it will take root, grow and one day be passed on to another generation.

📸 Annelies Swaenepoel & Marijke Vandevyvere

27/07/2026

At the end of this month and in the middle of our summer, we'll pause to remember the extraordinary courage of 𝓛𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓒𝓸𝓻𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓛𝓮𝓼𝓵𝓲𝓮 𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓽𝓸𝓷 𝓐𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔀 𝓥𝓒.

On 31 July 1917, at La Basse-Ville, just below Messines, the 20-year-old New Zealander displayed exceptional bravery in the face of overwhelming danger. His leadership and determination that day earned him the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry.

We warmly invite you and our to join us as we honour his life, his courage and the sacrifice of all those who served.

📅 Friday 31 July 2026
🕦 11:30 am
📍 VC Memorial - Rue Faubourg de Lille 57 - 7784 Warneton

📸: Leslie W. Andrew photographed outside Buckingham Palace after receiving his V.C. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 27 December 1917 - Auckland Museum

23/07/2026

Some journeys are measured not in days, but in the memories they awaken.

Today, Paul Evans from Napier, spent a meaningful day in Flanders with our Trust, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓙𝓸𝓱𝓷 𝓔𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓼. On 7 June 1917, during the Battle of Messines, Private Evans was seriously wounded. His injuries were so severe that he was sent home to New Zealand later that year. They marked the end of his war, but undoubtedly left scars that he carried with him for the rest of his life.

More than a century later, his grandson stood on the very ground where those life-changing events unfolded. In those quiet moments, the distance between 1917 and today seemed to disappear.

These are the journeys that remind us why remembrance matters. Every descendant who makes the journey, every story that is shared and every name that is spoken keeps the past alive. As long as we continue to tell these stories, they are never truly finished. They live on, in the landscapes of Flanders, in the memories of families and in the connections that continue to bridge New Zealand and Belgium.

📸: Marijke Vandevyvere

14/07/2026

Some places stay with you forever.
Some people do too.

We look back on a day that reminds us that the most remarkable journeys are measured less in miles than in the people who walk beside us. After a day woven with warm conversations and the joy of old friendships, we found ourselves beneath the Menin Gate, a place where history is not confined to books, but lives on in the gathering of people who become a community of remembrance.

Each evening, as the Last Post Ieper rise beneath the archway, it feels as though a doorway opens. Not only to what once happened here, but to something greater: to gratitude, to sacrifice and to the enduring hope that remembrance can help shape a gentler future.

The ceremony was made even more special as Eraia Kiel and Nick Dallimore of the Te Puia - Rotorua, NZ - New Zealand Māori Arts & Crafts Institute gave voice to the Ode and the Kohima Epitaph. Their words became part of a tradition that continues to unite generations across borders and across time.

The past will always have its place, but it is the friendships we cherish today that give us hope for tomorrow.

📸 Eric Compernolle

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