WW1
Centenary of evacuation from Gallipoli
On this day one hundred years ago troops started being evacuated from Gallipoli, bringing to an end what had been a disastrous eight month campaign. Audio
War Report 64 - 29 November 2015
In November 2015, a gale smashed landing piers at Helles and Anzac and one officer noted: "All along the beach above the roar of the waves could be heard the crash of the great barges as the sea… Audio
War Report 63 for 22 November 2015
War Report 63 - 22 Nov 2015 Broadcast Time: 8:53pm Sunday 22 Nov 2015 Memories of six months on Gallipoli with Joe Gasparich giving a vivid description of the carnage at The Daisy Patch. MUSIC… Audio
War Report 62 - 15 November 2015
Leonard Leary recalls being wounded at Gallipoli and being taken to Alexandria. Others recall being wounded and taken off with the surgeons on the ships working 70 hours without a break. Audio
Answering the call of the Last Post
For the next three years, New Zealanders have a unique opportunity to take part in a nightly Last Post ceremony at the National War Memorial in Wellington. Audio
Unique opportunity to take part in Last Post ceremony
From now until Armistice Day 2018, New Zealanders have a unique opportunity to take part in the nightly Last Post ceremony at the National War Memorial in Wellington. Audio
War Records
Des Wilson looks at the British gramophone industry's contribution to the war effort 100 years ago (RNZ). Audio
War Report 61 - 8 November 2015
Bert Read, who emigrated to New Zealand, recalls his English boyhood and joining up. He sing some of the songs popular during World War One. The gramophone was a popular possession during the war and… Audio
War Report 60 - 1 November 2015
Nelson Centenarian Cora Turnbull, recalls her experiences 70 years before as a Wartime Nurse in Europe during the first World War. The King George V is injured when he was thrown from his horse while… Audio
War Report 59 - 25 October 2015
Extract from a letter to the editor of the Otago Daily Times describing horror at the execution of Nurse Edith Cavell. Duncan McCormack describe his reasons for being a conscientious objector and Doug… Audio
Centenary of loss of 29 medical staff in WW1
One of the lesser known tragedies from World War One will be marked in Christchurch this weekend. Audio
Remembering World War I Marquette nurses
Ten World War I New Zealand nurses, who died after their ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat, are being commemorated this weekend.
Memorial arch fixed but still off-limits
After about $6.7 million and two-and-a-half years, Christchurch's Triumphal Arch has been repaired - but it's not yet open to the public.
War Report 58 - 18 October
By now more than 1700 New Zealanders had lost their lives at Gallipoli and there were reports that there may be an evacuation of the Dardanelles. Sister Elizabeth Buchanan Young recalls the sinking of… Audio
War Report 57 -11 October 2015
A letter from a wounded New Zealander serving with the Australian Forces and frustration in New Zealand about having no news of what was happening with providing graves for New Zealanders killed at… Audio
War Report 56 - 4 October 2015
Les Cleveland sings some of the songs New Zealand troops sang during the First World War and veterans recall the various nationalities which fought beside the New Zealanders at Gallipoli. A "Clutha… Audio
War Report 56 - 4 October 2015
Les Cleveland sings some of the songs New Zealand troops sang during the First World War and veterans recall the various nationalities which fought beside the New Zealanders at Gallipoli. A "Clutha… Audio
War Report 56 - 4 October 2015
Les Cleveland sings some of the songs New Zealand troops sang during the First World War and veterans recall the various nationalities which fought beside the New Zealanders at Gallipoli. A "Clutha… Audio
War Report 55 - 27 September 2015
Veterans Alex Fraser and Lazell Davidson recall seeing the sinking of HMS Triumph at Gallipoli and other naval activity in the region. Newspaper reports of war souvenir editions and the growing lists… Audio
Remembrance march marks 100 years
More than 200 people are marching over the Rimutaka Hill Road this morning in remembrance of WW1 soldiers who made the same journey 100 years ago.