Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000
Act of Parliament in New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000 is statute law in New Zealand.[1][2][3] The act sought to remove the blight on their character of five soldiers who were unjustly executed during World War I.[4] One of the pardoned soldiers named in the act was from New Zealand's southern port town of Bluff and he is now honoured in the town's maritime museum.[5] The Act was opposed by the ACT party, which argued it was inappropriate and an insult to the memory of everyone who fought in the war.[6]