WW1

Reports from the Otago Daily Times about anti-German feeling and wartinme stoies from newspapers in Tauranga and Blenheim. Captain Pitimi Tahiwi comments on Maori recruitment and Second World War… Audio

In a trench in north east France, three peoples paths converge. At stake is the town of Le Quesnoy and her would-be liberators, the NZ Division. Audio

Richard Falk is a Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University. He is in NZ to give a series of talks arranged by Otago University's National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies -… Audio

Armistice Day commemorations have been held around the country today - the 96th anniversary of the signing of the treaty that ended hostilities in the First World War. Audio

Author of The Three Uncles: The Cole Brothers in the Great War. Audio

In early November 1914 the war still seemed far away. Extract from Bay of Plenty Times in which news was dominated by the battles between British and German troops in Northern Europe. But on 19th… Audio

Tom Larkin, former diplomat & WW2 sailor talks about the view of WW1 in the 1930s Audio

Gael Woods asks how much memories of WW1 have slipped into the realms of myth Audio

Dunedin jeweler back from a four-month research trip to to Europe and North America for his Poppies of War and Peace project, investigating the life and work of Moina Belle Michael, the "Poppy Lady".

First World War commemorations have only just begun, but a government agency has already identified war fatigue as a risk. Audio

While the public supplied funds for motorcars and motorcycles to be bought for the Main Body, the army relied on horses for transport. Percy Lowndes and another veteran recall the shipping of the… Audio

Radio New Zealand political reporter Craig McCullouch was in Albany at the commemorations. Audio

This time, 100 years ago, thousands of New Zealand troops joined up with their Australian comrades in Western Australia, and headed off to fight in the First World War. Audio

It's 100 years tomorrow since 30-thousand New Zealand and Australian troops left Western Australia for the battlefields of the First World War. Audio

It's 97 years since the Battle of Passchendaele which became a byword for horror after more than 800 New Zealand soldiers were killed and almost 3000 injured in a single day's fighting. Audio

Alfred Mazengarb describes leaving with the Main Body in October 1914 and Colin Franklin-Browne recalls the treatment of men who were not joining up. A letter home from Private John Thompson of… Audio

Sixteen kilometres of trenches, more than a thousand geographic features and 11 hundred relics of war. Audio

What may well be one of the highlights of the World War One commemorations is currently steaming its way across the North Island's railroads. It's the fully restored locomotive Ab608, which in 1925… Audio

Ena Ryan describes excitement of Main Draft leaving and General Sir Andrew Russell describes the attitude of the men. Newspaper report of some soldiers not letting authorities know of the need to send… Audio