WW1

2015 marks the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign and historians are pouring through records from the First World War looking for new insights into the conflict. Chris Bourke is the award winning… Audio

Professor John Psathas of Victoria Univeristy is the composer behind No Man's Land, a piece of music and film which will bring together musicians from all around the world to commemorate the First… Audio

A British war veteran who left his care home to attend last year's 70th anniversary D-Day events in France has died - months before he hoped to return to Normandy's beaches. Audio

100 years ago on April 25th 1915 New Zealand and Australian forces landed on a remote part of the Ottoman Empire as it was then known, and at a place that would be forever be etched in the annals of… Audio

A classic story of the first Christmas in the trenches in 1914. Audio

Christmas Eve 1914, soldiers along the Western Front during the First World War did something extraordinary. They laid down their weapons, and ventured out of the trenches into No Mans Land to… Audio

Reproductions of WW1 letters written to and from soldiers and the 51 best sentences from books. 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

Extract from a soldier's letter home to his family in Blenheim; Marjorie Lees, then a schoolgirl, tells of falling in love with a soldier who was later killed and explains how little young people knew… Audio

In the month marking the 100^th anniversary of the legendary First World War Christmas truce, Wayne Brittenden looks at how the warrior bishops on both sides managed to get the message of peace and… Audio

Author of the recently published New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919, historian Damien Fenton on the wherewithal of war. The NZEF Main Body convoy, the first - and biggest - troop convoy to… Audio

Extract from an editorial in late 1914 'It will be a short war'. Jim Warner describes being in camp in Featherston in late 1914 and another veteran talks about training at Awapuni in Palmerston North… Audio

A New Zealander is one of six composers whose original compositions have been selected to be recorded and broadcast on ANZAC Day 2015 at the centenary of the Gallipoli landings. Audio

By the end of November 1914 New Zealanders of the Main Body were about to land in Egypt. An extract from the dairy of Colonel William Malone illustrates his "martinet" style as he complains of men who… Audio

Robert Burns Fellow at Otago University Majella Cullinane talks about the First World War era novel she's been working on all year, which incorporates her Irish and now New Zealand homes. Majella's… Audio

Unitec Communication students use multi-media to better understand New Zealand as it was 100 years ago. The exhibition was devised by Unitec Communication programme Leader Dr Sara Donaghy, and an… Audio

Country musician, director and returned serviceman, Terry King from The Peaks in North Canterbury is organising a special Anzac day event called the Anzac 100 Years 100 Horses ride. Audio

Director of the Alliance Française Voix de Femmes choir which focuses on French and New Zealand compositions and composers. Audio

As yet there are no New Zealand casualties in action and newspapers must look for local links in overseas news. In New Zealand there's a feeling of urgency as men hurry to enlist before the war is… Audio