Waipori and the First World War

As the terrible conflict of the First World War gripped New Zealand, not even remote mining settlements such as Waipori escaped its impact.  Many young men from the diggings enlisted in the army, and six did not return.

They are commemorated on the Lawrence war memorial and in far-flung parts of the globe, and their stories are told on this page of our website.

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