War

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

Author of the book, Give Us This Day: a Memoir of Family and Exile, which tells the story of her father, one of the exiled Polish children offered refuge in New Zealand in 1944. 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

'Brass banding is a great relaxation,' says Bill Rimmer, a Soprano Cornet player with The Band of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, 'We all come from different walks of life…and we're all… 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

Henry Reynolds is a leading Australian historian and the author of Forgotten War, the book chronicling Australia's wars with its indigenous peoples. Audio

Two Otorohanga College students who started the petition for government recognition of the New Zealand Wars and a public holiday with which to commemorate them. 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

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

Nick Bollinger talks with Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor about writing songs with Bob Dylan and how it feels to see your name on a bomb. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 2 August 2014 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

Writer and historian who managed the Vietnam War oral history and digital archiving project for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and authored the book No Front Line: Inside Stories of New… 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

More than a month after Sunni Islamist insurgents, some operating under the banner of al-Qaeda linked group ISIS, what is the security situation in Iraq? International security expert and Massey… Audio

Ashley Gilbertson is an award-winning photojournalist whose work has focused on soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and how those wars have impacted veterans and their families. Audio

Izzeldin Abuelaish is a man who has every reason to seek revenge but chooses not to. Three of his daughters were killed by Israeli mortar in 2009. He tells us why peace, not revenge, is worth fighting… Audio