WW1

Leonard Leary describes joining up and going to Samoa, CAL Treadwell on the keenness of the officer training units. Sidney Jones on embarking for Samoa. Extracts from contemporary newspapers. Audio

Alwyn Owen explores the lighter side of New Zealand's poetry of patriotism which was fashionable during the latter half of the 19 century and the early 20th. Our patriotic versifiers were eclectic… Audio

Fred Eustace recalls the school cadets of pre-war days and CAL Treadwell describes the pre-war Officer Cadet Training Unit at Victoria University. Ena Ryan, recalls the men joining up during the early… 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

Topics - Waitakere ward councillor Linda Cooper has spoken out today after another violent killing in her community. We speak to her. Violence is not just a west Auckland problem. It's a national… Audio

Tom Seddon MP describes the announcement of war on 5 August and reaction in the House. Ena Ryan, then a schoolgirl, recalls the events of that day. Extracts from contemporary newspapers in Nelson and… Audio

In the year before the outbreak of the First World War, New Zealand was surprisingly modern and curiously recognisable. But we were also a nation of insecurities and fears.Who were we then? What did… 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

Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force talking about the Force and its participation in the Centenary Day commemoration and other WW100 events. Audio

Historian Margaret Pointer on the experience of those from Niue who became involved in the first World War. Audio

A new exhibition at Toitu-Otago Settlers Museum looks at the effect of World War One on Dunedin and its people. Curator Sean Brosnahan and Exhibiton Developer Will McKee talk about the research that's… Audio

A small but vocal group of protesters have taken to the streets of Christchurch to express their outrage at a decision to tear down a building dedicated to young men killed in the First World War. Audio

Don Rood reviews 'How We Remember: New Zealanders and the First World War'. Edited by Charles Ferrall and Harry Ricketts. Published by Victoria University Press, Audio

Sound designer Jason Smith is fighting the battle of Lone Pine - digitally. He's recreating the sound of this epic conflict during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign for Auckland Theatre Company and their… Audio

She conquered 3D technology in her Everest documentary Beyond the Edge, now director Leanne Pooley's new project is an animated feature about the Gallipoli landings, to be called 25 April. She's… Audio

The army training camp that readied 60-thousand men for the First World War could soon have a new memorial. Talks to local historians Bernard Jervis and  Neil Frances and Pat Flynn reads a letter from… Audio

Only a few women surgeons managed to fight their way to the Front Line in the First World War - and one of them was a New Zealander. Jessie Scott's story is being told in a theatre production that's… Audio

A statue to honour war horses is being pushed for in the Waikato. More than 24,000 horses left New Zealand to serve in the First World War, but only four came back. Stuart Stubb's father - Major… Audio

Gallipoli Songs Composers' Competition, ABC Classic FM presenter and Radio NZ Concert Manager talk about Trans-Tasman compositional competition. Audio

A Corner of a Foreign Field -The illustrated Poetry of the First World War, selected by Fiona Waters, published by Atlantic World, ISBN 978-1-909242-05-0. Audio