Creating a National Spirit - Celebrating New Zealand's Centennial

Victoria University Press, 2004.

Creating a National Spirit looks at the ways New Zealanders celebrated their first 100 years: a trade fair in Wellington; commermorations at Waitangi, Akaroa and around the country; a dictionary; an atlas; a series of historical surveys; pictorial surveys; literary, art, music and drama competitions; and a centennial film. It examines in detail the Centennial Exhibition - the architecture, the government courts, overseas displays and 'Funland' - and how the Second World War affected the planned events.