Every nation has a point in history it pivots around. Its historic ideal. For britian this was the napolioic war. For france their revolution. For america ww2. And for new zealand its the great war this is our model for the ideal new zealander still. And its still an important one. For all his faults it was the anzac trooper who was brithed from the great wave Of reform that swept this country from the end of the 19th century. Who fought and died for the empire with no desire it be turned back (was he aware this was to be the model of the future?) and when he returned he saw in a wave of futhure reform and social justice. For all his faults he is not as problematic as the greatest generation who echoed these reforms in the rest of the civilised world. Whose children reaped the benifits of these things then distroyed them and created the americanised nightmare we live in today.