Geo-Restriction: This documentary is currently only available if you're watching in New Zealand.
Series Classification: PG (Parental Guidance)
Thirteen former All Blacks died in WWI. All Blacks at War brings their stories to life through military historian Dr. Chris Pugsley, ONZM, and former All Black Andrew Mehrtens, MNZM.
Mehrts travels the Western Front, grave to grave. Along the way, he connects with others who also have connections to these men: be they schools in NZ, former All Blacks playing in France, or a town that was liberated by Kiwi soldiers in WWI and has never forgotten.
All Blacks at War was produced by Homegrown TV was be released on Anzac Day 2024.
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Listen to the radio version after the Dawn Service on RNZ National, stream on www.rnz.co.nz/1914, or watch on TVNZ 1 at midday.
Andrew Mehrtens at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Photo: Homegrown Pictures
Frank Wilson's grave with an Auckland Grammar School First XV jersey, at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Photo: Homegrown Pictures
Andrew Mehrtens signing the visitor's book at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Photo: Homegrown Pictures
The Messines Right New Zealand Memorial to the Missing Photo: Homegrown Pictures
