New Zealand’s Part In Sth. African War Told After 47 Years

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 16, 29 March 1950, Page 4

New Zealand’s Part In Sth. African War Told After 47 Years

Forty-seven years after the end of the South African War a book on the part played by the New Zealanders in the war is to be published.Ht is called “The New Zealanders in* South Africa.” Five writers were employed on the task of writing such a book, says MajorWGeneral H. K. Kippenberger, editor-in-chief, New Zealand War Histories, in a foreword to the book. But for the perseverance of the South African War veterans, their - resolutions at annual conferences, and their letters and deputations to Ministers, the project would have been shelved and the authors’ manuscript buried in the Dominion’s archives. Started In 1901

In 1901 a staff officer of the New Zealand forces was appointed to compile and edit.a report on the part taken by New Zealand forces in the war. In due course a brief report had been sent. Then, in 1902, a Christchurch journalist and schoolteacher worked on the history, but gave ( up the task after some month's. An officer of thp New Zealand forces succeeded him in 1903.