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Passchendaele and New Zealand soldiers on skyline.
Massacre at Passchendaele: The New Zealand Story.
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"It had a searing and traumatic effect on the New Zealand population in 1917. It is true that it has not had the visibility in the New Zealand consciousness in more recent decades that Gallipoli's had or maybe even the Somme ... but Passchendaele should never be forgotten."
Helen Clark  - NZ
Prime Minister 
Tyne Cot cemetary, Belgium (5 Oct 2007)
"1917... I suppose that a century hence men and women will think  of that date as one of the world's black years flinging it's shadow forward to the future until gradually new generations escape from it's dark spell. ...the colour of 1917 is not black but red, because a river of  blood flowed through its changing seasons and there was a great carnage of men."
Phillip Gibbs
War Journalist
(1877-1962)
Passchendaele War Journalist - Peter Gibbs, who gave a great deal of information about New Zealand's experience in world war one.
"Most New Zealanders would say instinctively our worst military experience was at Gallipoli. It seems immersed in our belief but historically it's not accurate"
12 Oct 2007
RNZRSA Past President
Robin Klitscher
Robin Klitscher - RNZRSA National President
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Field Marshal
Sir Douglas Haig
Commander in Chief
(1915 - 1918)
"The enemy is now much weakened in morale and lacks the desire to fight"
10 Oct 1917
1999 - 2008
   his first short film serves as an introductory insight for the viewer, who may be unaware of 'Flanders Fields' dark history.

NZ soldiers have been quoted as saying they could smell death and decay before they got within 3 miles of the medieval town of Ypres. Today it's quite remarkable how, as you wander the cobblestone streets or visit the many cemeteries and battlefields, one feels both a sense of belonging and also one of complete peace.

When we made this trip to Ieper (Ypres) in 2004  we allowed ourselves 2 weeks of filming. Most of that time was spent familiarising ourselves with the surroundings and making valuable contacts. We attended 6 Last Post ceremonies at the Menin gate, visited 12 cemetaries, spoke to local farmers, and spent a morning with the Belgian Army as they made their daily rounds collecting unearthed live shells for disposal.

Having that extra time in Ieper enabled us to experience and film the wonderful fortnightly playing of the 49 'carillon bells' in the Cloth Hall belfry. Every 2nd Saturday, classical works ring out for an hour from a small room at the very top of the spire. Not open to the public - and a very privileged place to be.
'In Flanders Fields'
'We Will Remember Them'
     hen we decided to make this documentary it was 2004 and the 90th Anniversary was another 3 years away. No one had begun to push the name of Passchendaele into the media spotlight and the majority of New Zealanders were totally unaware of what, or where it was. Now that the 90th has come and gone and recent news items have brought it to the forefront, we can only hope that our endeavour to commemorate the 100th anniversary will be met more favourably and gain the assistance it needs.

In the public's eye however, there still remains questions like what makes this battle so different to all the others and why has our nation and government kept it so quiet?

This short film clip 'We Will Remember Them' serves to bring Passchendaele back into the spotlight where it deserves to be - alongside Gallipoli and the Somme, but in doing so, elevate even higher and explain it's association with the red poppy. Every ANZAC day we wear our poppies with pride, but are sadly oblivious to it's origin.

The people of Belgium remember Passchendaele every day... if it's that important to them, it should for be for us as well.
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The battlefield site today. Passchendaele - New Zealand.
The Menin Gate, Ieper, Belgium. Here are inscribed 55,000 names of the missing - lost beneath Flanders Fields... Passchendaele and New Zealand.
A NZ Soldier far from home... Passchendaele and New Zealand.
The approach to Ieper. The spires of the Cloth Hall in the distance. Passchendaele and New Zealand.
A NZ War Grave
The Battlefield
The Menin Gate
The Towering Spires of Ieper