Ngā Taonga Sound Archives - The end of World War II

Crowds in Willis St Wellington on V.J. Day. [Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]

Canadian sailor draped in streamers on Wellington street on V.J.Day [Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]

Young people singing in Wellington street on V.J. Day [Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library]

Evening Post Special Edition 15 Aug 1945. [Courtesy Papers Past]

Couple celebrating VJ Day in Auckland [Courtesy Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 02465]