New museum to honour NZ soldiers opened in France
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Dignitaries have gathered in a small town in France for the opening of a new museum to honour New Zealand soldiers who died in Europe during the first World War.
Le Quesnoy was liberated by New Zealand troops in 1918 after four years of German occupation.
The museum there, named Te Arawhata, features an exhibition by Wētā Workshop with giant soldiers similar to those in Te Papa's Gallipoli exhibition.
Sir Lockwood Smith spoke to Corin Dann from the opening.