He said the Waipu Museum and the RSA have produced a series of storyboards around town providing glimpses of people and their families at the time war broke out and what happened.
Next year Waipu RSA will focus on commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the landing in Gallipoli on ANZAC Day (April 25).
President of the Women's Section at Waipu RSA Barbara Elmes said: "The reason the Women's Section started was so when the guys were away at war, the women could get together and knit socks and things for the soldiers serving overseas."