Themes

A Land Fit For Heroes

The rise of social housing in Wellington

Bread or Stone

A short history of post-war commemoration in Wellington

Care in the Community 1919

Exploring the health and wellbeing of Wellington’s citizens in a new post-war world

Changing Times

A short history of Wellington’s meeting places in 1919

The Long Return

Tracing the fortunes of Wellington’s returning servicemen in the direct aftermath of the Great War.

The Politics of the Mother and Child

The heavy losses borne on the western front underlined the value of raising a healthy infant population to replace the lost generation foundering on the battlefields of Europe.