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Professor Michael Neiberg - America and the First World War
8:40 AM.1917 was an extraordinary year that shaped 20th century history, and has had a profound effect upon the lives we lead today, in the 21st century. In 1917, revolution in Russia took that country out of… Read more Audio
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"A Chant of Hate against England" - German war poetry
8:27 AM.Wilfred Owen wrote some of the best known poetry of World War One, as a British soldier in 1917. Since then, generations of New Zealanders have had to ponder poems like that in high school English… Read more Audio
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Jean Cretney - Bideford and The Carswells
8:15 AM.These days, there's not a lot to the small Wairarapa settlement of Bideford, but outside the small, and now closed, local school there is a modest memorial to former pupils who served in the First and… Read more Audio
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Brendon Jull - Gallipoli
8:08 AM.NZDF Lieutenant Colonel Brendan Jull is in Gallipoli for the New Zealand National Service at Chunuk Bair. This is taking place this year under tight security, after warnings earlier this month that… Read more Audio
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Catriona Pennell - Messines and Ireland's fallen soldiers
7:35 AM.Dr Catriona Pennell from Exeter University has studied the Irish experience of World War One. She is also an expert in how that war is understood by young people today. Read more Audio
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Tony Masters - The Western Front
7:30 AM.New Zealand's First World War commemorations overseas this year will focus on the Western Front with Anzac Day ceremonies in France and Belgium marking the centenary of the battles of Messines and… Read more Audio
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Maartje Abbenhuis
7:12 AM.Historians from all over the world, including New Zealand, have gathered in Wellington for 'Myriad Faces', a special conference at Te Papa which looks back at the legacy of 1917, a year which… Read more Audio
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ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2017
6:00 AM.The Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance from the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington presented by Philippa Tolley. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Anzacs rising
8:06 PM.One hundred years ago a group of New Zealand soldiers caught up in the Irish Easter Rising of 1916 had the chance to change history when one had a clear shot of the rebel leader James Connolly. Read more Audio
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Chinese Anzacs finally recognised
12:30 PM.A buried history has come to light. Chinese New Zealanders who fought in places like Gallipoli during the First World War have been recognised in Wellington and finally have their moment in history. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Eric Bogle - Making Peace With Songs About War
10:10 AM.Aussie singer-songwriter Eric Bogle - the man who wrote about the loss of war in songs like 'The Green Fields of France' - talks to Colin Peacock about his life, music, and thoughts about conflict. He… Read more Audio
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Neill Atkinson and Imelda Bargas - What's Anzac Day All About?
9:40 AM.Neill Atkinson, chief historian, and Imelda Bargas, senior historian, both from Manatu Taonga - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, discuss how Anzac Day has been commemorated and what it has meant… Read more Audio
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Remembering Fred Eru Toe
9:25 AM.One of the New Zealanders who dug tunnels by hand in the chalk under Arras was Fred Eru Toe. His grand-daughters, Sharon Kautai and Frances Eru Toe, talk about his legacy. Audio
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Brett Killington - subterranean WWI
9:10 AM.London based Kiwi photographer who has spent a lot of time documenting the subterranean world of New Zealand First World War tunnelers on Europe's Western Front. Audio
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David Littlewood - Experience of a Lifetime
8:30 AM.'Experience of a Lifetime' examines the experiences of individuals, from high command leaders to ordinary soldiers, in WWI. Dr David Littlewood is one of three editors for the book. Audio
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Peter Reidy on the Passchendaele Express
8:20 AM.KiwiRail CEO on the Anzac Day steam locomotive service running between Petone and Wellington. The engine was originally built by NZ Railways to remember the 447 railwaymen who lost their lives in WWI.
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Colonel Rob Krushka
8:10 AM.Colonel Krushka is the commander of New Zealand's Anzac commemorative contingent to Europe. Audio
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Māori and the New Zealand Wars
7:06 AM.New Zealand's own civil war between Māori and the settler government was waged over more than a decade and cost thousands of lives. Mihingarangi Forbes looks back at this turning point in New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Anzac Day Dawn Service 2016
5:40 AM.The Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance from the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington presented by Warwick Burke. Audio
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Stephanie Simpson's 2016 Winning Speech
1:00 PM.As the 2016 winner of the RSA Cyril Bassett VC Speech Competition, Stephanie Simpson of Marlborough Girls' College will be presenting that speech again at the service of remembrance on Gallipoli later… Read more Video, Audio
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Glory in their Eyes
8:06 PM.For many New Zealanders, Gallipoli was to be the biggest adventure of their lives. To them fighting for King and Country was a calling and an honour, fresh-faced young men with glory in their eyes set… Read more Audio, Gallery
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New Zealand Service at Chunuk Bair
10:40 PM.Chunuk Bair New Zealand service from Gallipoli. Audio
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Sam Hunt
8:30 PM.From the new Sam Hunt, David Kilgour and The Heavy8s album "The 9th", we play James K.Baxter's "The Gunners Lament". Sam talks about the making of the album plus has a very special ANZAC Day poem for… Read more Audio
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Anzac Day news special
5:10 PM.Todd Niall presents Anzac Day highlights from around New Zealand and around the world. Audio
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A revisionist history of Anzac Day
4:37 PM.The curator of Te Papa's Gallipoli exhibition, Kirstie Ross, casts a critical eye on the accepted wisdom of what Anzac day is all about. Audio
