Waihi Metal Studio

03/05/2015

"Nicholas Brumder's design is unlike anything seen previously in New Zealand. The 7.5 metre tall sculpture takes its cues from the five sided columnar basalt of the region and the ‘T’ insignia of overseas tunnelling units. This is topped by a globe which echoes the Tunnellers motto Inga Wahi Katoa – Everywhere, and a final shape that has been interpreted by many as a pair of hands open in supplication."

Mining Time to remember them March 30th, 2015 Vijay Naidu Mining, Q & M 0 comments KIT WILSON, external affairs coordinator for Newmont, explains a new memorial dedicated to the tunnellers of WW1 who were miners from Waihi. Gas mask drill for members of the New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company.…

03/05/2015

As we head towards the April Anzac Day commemorations a number of events relating to the Tunnellers’ story will be taking place.

One very special event will take place at the Waihi Gilmour Lake site where the Tunnelling Company memorial will be dedicated in March next year.

On Wednesday 22 April 2015 the Arras Mayoral Delegation will be in Waihi. We are honoured to have the opportunity to welcome Arras Mayor M. Frédéric Leturque and his party to our district and the home of the NZ Tunnelling Company Memorial. The mayoral party will include our good friends Christophe Serieys and Isabelle Pilarowski.

A NZETC Memorial Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony (Mauri Kōhatu – Taumata atua) is planned for the occasion of their visit. You are all invited to attend. We know the Arras delegation is looking forward to meeting Tun Coy family members and all those who share a link to the Tunnellers’ story.

Arras will be bringing with them a flint stone taken from the area the Tunnellers worked while in France. This will join a large host rock taken from the veins of a Waihi mine where many of the Tunnellers worked prior to going overseas. We would like to think that the area where the Tunnelling Company Memorial is being installed, an area called the Miners' Reflective Area (MRA), will be a place to help strengthen and bring wellness to those who visit.

Wednesday 22nd April 2015

4 pm
Waihi Gilmour Lake, Miners Reflective Area/ NZETC Memorial Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony (Mauri Kōhatu – Taumata atua)

6pm
Evening function/welcome at the Waihi Community Marae. (To be confirmed)

MP Scott Simpson has confirmed he will be joining us. Cook Island and Māori Pioneer descendant representatives of men attached to the NZETC will also be joining us, along with other special guests.

Please email me if you are able to attend this very special occasion. We hope to see as many of you as possible. [email protected]

08/12/2014

Monumental Tribute To Our Diggers

04/05/2014

Creation of a new memorial in Waihi to commemorate Kiwi tunnellers who served on the Western Front in World War 1 is one step closer thanks to a $100,000 grant.

02/11/2013

Photos by Annette Arundel

Photography by Annette Arundel

09/09/2013

Proposed design of the Arras Memorial to the WW1 NZ Tunnelling Company The memorial design has been approved by Hauraki District Council and council land at Gilmour Lake has been set aside for the memorial. Waihi Heritage Vision is working to raise funds for the memorial. Nick Brumder who hails from Texas and set up a metal studio in Waihi (Waihi Metal Studio) designed the proposed memorial. It’s planned to unveil the memorial to commemorate the centenary of the arrival of the Tunnellers on the Western Front on March 9 2016.

29/07/2013

29/07/2013

$1000 - Wall Mounted Steel Fern - Length (1100mm) Width (900mm) - Designed by Nicholas P. Brumder & Created by William Joseph Rea available at Moko Artspace

25/07/2013

18/07/2013

Nick Brumder - Waihi Metal Studio holding a model of the Arras Memorial to the WW1 NZ Tunnelling Company with Hauraki Mayor John Tregidga, Coromandel MP Scott Simpson & Minister of Energy & Resources Simon Bridges at Gilmour Reserve.

21/03/2013

NZ Tunnelling Company Mining Memorial Planned - Waihi Leader

15/03/2013

Waihi's Texan creates Celtic cross for church - Hauraki Herald