Anzac Day Podcast Options

11:10 AM.Pulitzer-prize winning author on life behind the Iron Curtain and New Zealand's emotional ties with Poland. Audio

10:12 AM.Veteran journalist and war historian on the death of Margaret Thatcher, the Falklands War, and why he's so mad with another British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Audio

9:06 AM.Lewis Scott is an African-American who came to New Zealand in 1976 to escape his past. He talks about the choice he had to make as a 22-year-old: to fight in the Vietnam War or go to jail. Audio

8:45 AM.The first-ever premiership game of Australian Rules football is being played in Wellington on Anzac Day - why? Audio

8:10 AM.New Zealand military historian John Tonkin-Covell has contributed a chapter on Chunuk Bair, one of the most celebrated battles of the Gallipoli campaign, to the book Gallipoli : a ridge too far. He… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance from The Cenotaph, Wellington. Audio

11:50 AM.Chelsea Preston-Crayford last week won Best New Talent at Australia's Logie Television Awards. The daughter of filmmaker Gaylene Preston, she's the latest in a long line of Kiwis to make their mark in… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.In the Bay of Plenty town of Te Puke, a new memorial has been unveiled. It bears the names of fifty locals the town was previously unaware served in the First World War - the reason they're there now… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Mark Seymour was an early and vital member of Australian band, Hunters and Collectors. He has a strong affinity for NZ, something he outlines in Thirteen Tonne Theory, his book about his time in the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Richard reads a poem dedicated to all the grandfathers in New Zealand. Audio

10:50 AM.David Kempton has played The Last Post officially for the defence forces for several years, and performed at this morning's wreath laying at the National War Memorial in Wellington. Audio

10:40 AM.Joan Bairstow is in her nineties and lives a quiet life in Wanaka, but seventy years ago she was caught up in history, war, and secrecy. As a young woman, Joan was an RAF radar operator in northern… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Kathryn Nutbeem was five years old when her father, Major Roger Nutbeem, was killed in the Falklands War, one of 56 men who perished when the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, Sir Galahad, was hit by… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Watty McEwan is the author of The Salamander's Brood, which recounts his time spent in the divisional protective troops with General Bernard Freyberg in North Africa in the Second World War. Audio

9:07 AM.Music has always had strong associations with war. David Strong is an ex-soldier who served on peacekeeping missions to Israel, Bosnia and East Timor, and now works as a business consultant and… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The head of our defence forces, Lieutenant General Rhys Jones, has been in the job for just a few months. But he's not having an easy time, with cutbacks and civilianisation of the armed services. He… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Jock Philips is one of New Zealand's leading historians. When he was a boy, he dreamed of becoming a war hero, though that dream quickly evaporated when he was a cadet at high school. When he finally… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.The Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance from The Cenotaph, Wellington. Audio

11:30 AM.Members of RSA Apiti discuss their Anzac Day plans. Audio

11:05 AM.Bryan Crump teams up with ABC Darwin host Richard Margetson for a trans-Tasman Anzac Day broadcast. Audio

10:35 AM.Historian David Grant on New Zealand conscientious objectors in both World Wars. Audio

10:08 AM.Vietnam veteran and Christchurch Anzac Day parade marshall Patrick Duggan QSM speaks about his book What Have They Done To The Rain? A Kiwi Soldier's Memoir Of Vietnam. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.President of Sumner-Redcliffs RSA, which was destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake, talks about their plans for Anzac Day. Audio

9:45 AM.Murat Deniz is a Turkish tour guide, specialising in tours of Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Audio

9:30 AM.Victoria University lecturer of French and author of The Last of the Human Freedoms which documents New Zealand airmen shot down in occupied France and the French people who came to their aid. Audio