Greek - New Zealand Memorial

Like the statue of Queen Victoria the Greek-New Zealand memorial is stuck between the lines of traffic on Kent and Cambridge Terraces. The brainchild of Arthur Helm, a New Zealand veteran of the battles for Greece in 1941, it was built with the help of the Greek–New Zealand Memorial Association to commemorate the bond of friendship between the two countries established during the Second World War when Greek civilians risked their lives to assist New Zealand soldiers during the retreat from Greece in 1941 and during the disastrous Crete Campaign.

"Stones set into the memorial’s wall commemorate places and people (including Victoria Cross winners Alfred Hulme, Jack Hinton, Keith Elliott and Bernard Freyberg) associated with the campaigns in Greece and Crete."