War

A New Zealand family recalls a long-dead uncle, killed at Gallipoli. 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

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

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

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

The War Play Writer and director of The War Play at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre. 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

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

Nigerian-born, UK-based writer and performer of Call Mr Robeson: a Life with Songs, based on the musical career and political activism of the US singer Paul Robeson.

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Cross-agency Defence Force lead for the 2015 Gallipoli commemoration, and author of Elusive Peace: a Kiwi Peacekeeper in Angola, about his time as a United Nations Military Observer in 1998. Audio

Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Director of the Institute for Transregional Studies at Princeton University, and a leading expert on the theology of Islamic State. 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

Kathy Gannon is an AP correspondent who spent two decades reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan. From 2009, she worked in tandem with the acclaimed German photographer, Anja Niedringhaus, and… Audio

Until now there had been few New Zealand war deaths - about a dozen men had died from illness. News came of the first New Zealand battle casualty, William Ham. Audio

Sharon Earl welds sculptures out of steel from her workshop in Pyramid Valley. Her life-sized 'Warhorse', made in a filigree style, was recently exhibited at the Sculpture on Shore exhibition in… Audio

Reuters war photographer and celebrated Norwegian film director Erik Poppe talks about A Thousand Times Goodnight, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2014 Montreal film festival. Audio

The fight to force tech companies like Apple to source conflict-free minerals from the Congo, where illegal mining has funded the 20 year war that has killed millions. Bandi Mbubi's Ted Talk on how… Audio

Peter Buck tells of joining the Maori contingent as medical officer and Doctor Agnes Bennett describes the pleasant journey for the nurses from New Zealand to the war zone. Reports of canteens ripping… Audio