Kia ora and welcome to the NZ Sappers

– the website of the RNZE CT and ECMC

Unsung Heroes

Collections and Gallery

Military History Presentations

NZ Sappers have a long history serving their country, the Pacific region and communities around the world. Kiwi sappers have made and continue to make an immense contribution by

Combat engineering;
Search and clearance of/for munitions;
Humanitarian aid and disaster relief;
Horizontal and vertical construction;
Provision of basic utilities;
Many more functions and roles

Learn more about the NZ Sappers and their Biographies

Read about the Corps of the Royal NZ Engineers

Older archival and heritage material housed in the ECMC library and museum, which has been scanned, digitised and post-processed to enable easy access for research and resource purposes.

Delve into the written history of the Sapper

 

The Gallery section of the website comprises the ECMC and Corps’ photographic collection. We have over 20,000 photos, slides, plates, negatives, etc, in this collection.

Explore the Sappers world through image in the Gallery

 

The RNZE CT organises and supports many events and notable commemorations and anniversaries throughout the year.

These include the Monthly Midday Military History Presentations that are recorded and made available on our Audio and Video Heritage page.

See the Calendar under Upcoming Events on the right hand side for what’s on this month.

For a full list check out the programme on the Royal New Zealand Engineer Charitable Trust (RNZE CT) page.

 

 

I nga wahi katoa – Ubique – Everywhere

Acknowledgements

The Royal NZ Engineer Charitable Trust (RNZE CT) wish to acknowledge the support of sponsors with the development of this website which has been kindly funded by the Mainland Foundation (Christchurch) and generously hosted, sponsored and supported by Inspire Net (Palmerston North).