WW1
WW1 soldier's march over Rimutakas to be re-enacted
Two hundred and thirty people will march from Featherston over the Rimutaka Hill on Sunday to mark one hundred years since soliders in the First World War took the route to go to war. Audio
War Report 54 - 20 September 2015
Doug Dibley recalls volunteering to help in troop camp hospitals but ending up being shipped to Gallipoli as a stretcher bearer. Reports from "The Press" giving details of the background of those men… Audio
War Stones - Kit Wilson
Why people around the country, and some from overseas, are splashing out on postage to send rocks to the Coromandel. Kit Wilson on building a lasting memorial in Waihi to honour the First World War… Audio
War Report 53 - 13 September 2015
Cecil Malthus describes being in hospital in September 1915 after being evacuated from Gallipoli and Jim Warner describes his training in New Zealand during the latter part of 1915. A newspaper report… Audio
Empires, Nation States & Violence
The First World War in Perspective: A First World War centenary Lecture organised by Te Papa and the German Embassy, in which Professor Jörn Leonhard of Freiburg University offers an historian's… Audio
War Report 52 - 6 September 2015
Poems written home from Gallipoli to his family at Gimmerburn, Maniototo, by Trooper Jack Duncan. Introduced by Adam Macauley and read by Duncan Smith. Audio
Indigenous and Pacific Experiences in WWI
Indigenous and Pacific Experiences in WWI The First World War had a great impact on many communities and cultures in the South Pacific region. As part of Te Papa's Conflict and Identity research… Audio
The Best of Upbeat for 4 September 2015
In this week's episode: Eva speaks to Australian conductor Simone Young about her passion for Bruckner Symphonies, before speaking to director Amanda Rees and her sister, actor Donogh Rees about their… Audio
War Report 51 - 31 August 2015
Veterans at a re-union in 1960 recall their experiences during the first few months on Gallipoli. Audio
Sister Anzac - Amanda Rees
With the 100 year commemorations of Gallipoli and Chunuk Bair we've heard a lot recently about the battles and sacrifice thousands of New Zealand men made in World War One. But we don't hear much… Audio
Ross Harris: NZ Composer
Ross Harris has just returned from Turkey and the world premiere of The Gallipoli Symphony; a work that's been a decade in the making and involved 11 composers from New Zealand and Australia. The New… Audio
War Report - 16 August 2015
Ernest Harston describes the fighting at Chunuk Bair and the tunneling under the trenches. An extract from Cecil Malthus's book Anzac - a Retrospect in which he describes the quieter routine after… Audio
Recollections of the fighting at Chunuk Bair
A report with actuality of New Zealand war-related events during August 1915. Recollections of the fighting at Chunuk Bair from Corporal Cyril Bassett of Auckland, a signaller, who was the first New… Audio
Chunuk Bair fallen remembered at Gallipoli
The nearly 900 New Zealanders who lost their lives in the Battle of Chunuk Bair have been remembered in a centennial service at the Gallipoli site.
Chunuk Bair: Soldiers on both sides honoured
Hundreds of people gathered in Wellington this afternoon to remember those who lost their lives at the Battle for Chunuk Bair - on both sides of the conflict.
Kate's Klassic: Passport to Hell
Wellington poet discussing the 1936 novel Passport to Hell by Robyn Hyde, republished this year by Auckland University Press in an edition that includes Hyde's final authorised text from 1937. Audio
Ben Mercer: the 1918 flu
Content Director for Australia and New Zealand at Ancestry.com, who is giving the keynote address, on the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand, at the 2015 Family History Expo. Audio, Gallery
Michael Stewart
Music Director of the Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul previews concert marking the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Chunuk Bair. Audio
'They gallantly attacked across an open space'
On the 100th anniversary of the attack on Chunuk Bair, New Zealanders head to Gallipoli to remember the fierce fighting.
100th Anniversary of Chunuk Bair being commemorated
Chunuk Bair - the name conjures up great heroism, success and ultimate defeat on the battlefield that was Gallipoli. Audio