WW1

The story of two brothers who fought side-by-side at Gallipoli and the Sinai Desert and communicated with each other on the battlefield by dog whistle, with historian Jock Phillips, who has published… Audio

3 December 1914 - arrival in Egypt. Audio

9 November 1914 - the passage. Audio

14 October 14 1914 - the departure. Audio

Extracts from diary of Lt Spencer Westmacott on preparing to leave Egypt and the number of troops with VD. Comments on leaving the locals in Cairo. From April 25, 1915 'The most glorious day of my… Audio

Executive producer and presenter of the documentary, Anzac: Tides of Blood, which explores his family's experience with war and the legacy of Anzac on both sides of the Tasman, which will premiere on… Audio

John Wooster's great grandfather bought a parcel of land in the upper reaches of Hokianga harbour in 1902. Woosters have grown fruit trees on the land ever since and these days John is still planting… Audio

Stories of German atrocities were staple fare for the New Zealand Newspapers: Baby-Killing Again. Taubes Make War. Extracts from a recruiting handbook issued to New Zealand recruiters and historian… Audio

Descendants of the Gallipoli artist Horace Moore-Jones have joined with the Governor of the Turkish province of Canakkale to unveil a statue of him in Hamilton today. Audio

War historian, Prof Glyn Harper, has written a childrens book about Gallipoli - using the character of Anzac the Donkey to portray the realities of war in a way children can relate to. Audio

The Governor of the Turkish province where the Gallipoli campaign took place laid a wreath at the Ataturk Memorial in Wellington yesterday as the build-up to Anzac Day centenary commemorations… Audio

In 1915 there was no New Zealand navy, but many New Zealanders were serving on HMS New Zealand, a ship we'd offered to pay for. It was launched in 1911 before making a tour of the Empire, including… Audio

Michael Williams is a Waikato-based composer who has been working on writing Letters From The Front, which is his first symphony. He matches letters from the First World War with musical movements and… Audio

Canadian film producer presenting screenings of her documentary Apocalypse WWI as part of the French Film Festival. Audio

By early 1915 the garrison on Samoa was being relieved so that men like Leonard Leary could be sent overseas. Leary describes the replacements and his own next move which was to England to join the… Audio

Phil Braithwaite the great nephew of executed then pardoned First World War soldier Jack Braithwaite, turns his story into a stage play - The War Play at the Fortune Theatre. Audio

The story of a German-born bowler ejected from a Wellington bowling club of which he had been a long-term and respected member, and Captain Ray Curtis, a Canterbury machine gunner, talks about Maori… Audio

A temporary exhibition on WW1 in Wellington could become a permanent fixture, as the Conflict Museum. Do the panelists think we need another war museum? They talk to the chair of the National Army… Audio

Report from the Clutha Leader in which Chaplain Major Grant describes the bad liquor being sold to New Zealand troops in Egypt. Nurse Ida Willis describes setting up hospitals in Egypt. A Whangarei… Audio

A call from the National Army Museum for hand crafted poppies to honor service men and women who died in the Great War has been met with an overwhelming response. The museum launched "A patriotic call… Audio