Abstract
This article examines the debates and controversies surrounding the construction of Auckland’s memorial to the Great War: the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The memorial, consisting of a cenotaph and roll of honour, became a vital focus point for remembrance activities, and the article considers both how Aucklanders participated in the construction of the memorial and then set about appropriating it. In both processes, communities of remembrance such as veterans, the bereaved and veterans’ organizations acted to enshrine their memories in stone. The result of this public activism was that the memorial was not an élite construction but one developed and approved by many Aucklanders.
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