WW1

Researcher who identified ten representative Wellingtonians who were involved in World War 1, as part of the city's free multi-media event, Wellington - Lest We Forget. Audio

Sisters in Arms tells the story of two women during WW1, New Zealand surgeon Jessica Scott and Serbian Sergeant Sofia Jovanovic, played by Jessica Latton and Sanja Krsmanovic Tasic. Audio

Author of the recently published New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919, historian Damien Fenton on the wherewithal of war - the First Battle of Ypres (11 October - 22 November 1914). Audio

Colin Franklin-Browne describes the wild enthusiasm in the streets as troops paraded. The story of schoolboy Teddy Reynolds of Taita wanting to go to war with his father. Tom Seddon MP recalls the… Audio

A new tunnel has been opened to Wellington commuters today. Audio

Clive Drummond tells of the wireless message from Australia which brought the New Zealand troopships back to await an escort. FMB Fisher recalls the reaction of Prime Minister Massey to the telegram… Audio

FMB Fisher describes the assurance from the admiralty that it was safe for the troopships to leave Wellington. Alfred Mazengarb describes the ships leaving and his own ship being held back and… Audio

Ena Ryan describes the rush of young men to recruit and the young girls knitting for the troops. Tom Seddon MP describes the debates in the House and Hansard recording donations, Leonard Leary… Audio

Leonard Leary describes attitudes of locals in German Samoa. Sidney Jones describes living conditions for troops. HS Hyde describes the radio station. The story of New Zealand's second war casualty… Audio

Sir Hew Strachan is the Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University, and is in New Zealand for a series of talks, as part of the First World War project to commemorate the centenary… Audio

Biographer, oral historian and author Jane Tolerton says our accepted history of the first world war neglects the role that many New Zealand women played. Apart from New Zealand nurses, she says the… Audio

Leonard Leary describes joining up and going to Samoa, CAL Treadwell on the keenness of the officer training units. Sidney Jones on embarking for Samoa. Extracts from contemporary newspapers. Audio

Alwyn Owen explores the lighter side of New Zealand's poetry of patriotism which was fashionable during the latter half of the 19 century and the early 20th. Our patriotic versifiers were eclectic… Audio

Fred Eustace recalls the school cadets of pre-war days and CAL Treadwell describes the pre-war Officer Cadet Training Unit at Victoria University. Ena Ryan, recalls the men joining up during the early… Audio

Military historian Christopher Pugsley talks with John McCrystal about his career, the business of writing about the First World War, and it contemporary resonances. Audio

Topics - Waitakere ward councillor Linda Cooper has spoken out today after another violent killing in her community. We speak to her. Violence is not just a west Auckland problem. It's a national… Audio

Tom Seddon MP describes the announcement of war on 5 August and reaction in the House. Ena Ryan, then a schoolgirl, recalls the events of that day. Extracts from contemporary newspapers in Nelson and… Audio

In the year before the outbreak of the First World War, New Zealand was surprisingly modern and curiously recognisable. But we were also a nation of insecurities and fears.Who were we then? What did… Audio

Kate Camp discusses The Storm of Steel, the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War. Audio

Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force talking about the Force and its participation in the Centenary Day commemoration and other WW100 events. Audio