WW1

Claude Stanley Choules, the last surviving First World War combatant, has died. He was the last known male survivor of the 70 million military personnel who fought World War I. Nicknamed Chuckles, he… Audio

Murat Deniz is a Turkish tour guide, specialising in tours of Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Audio

On Anzac Day 1916, the world's first Anzac ceremony was held on a rugged hillside overlooking the village of Tinui in the Wairarapa. Reverend Basil Ashcroft erected a wooden cross on the hill. It… Audio

Professor Glyn Harper is the editor of 'Letters from Gallipoli: New Zealand Soldiers Write Home'. This book tells the story of the Gallipoli campaign from the invasion to the evacuation… Audio

Harry Ricketts, author of Strange Meetings: Poets of the Great War. A discussion of First World War poetry. Audio

4000 metres of trenches, bottles of rum and German beer and a camp for baking bread have been uncovered by a team of international archaeologists doing the first survey of the Gallipoli battlefields.

Archaeologists have made some surprising discoveries in the first-ever joint Australian, Turkish and New Zealand survey of the Anzac battlefield. The findings include 12 cemeteries, concrete boundary… Audio

Peter Henderson has been paying the rates on land in Hunterville that isn't even his, in the hopes that descendants of the original owner will someday come forward and claim it. The land was issued by… Audio

A one hundred and tenth birthday is not a milestone many people reach. The last surving man who fought in  WW1 - Claude Stanley Choules nicknamed Chuckles, served on an aircraft carrier and witnessed… Audio

Strange Meetings, The Poets of The Great War, by Harry Ricketts is published by Chatto and Windus. A discussion of First World War poetry. Audio

Dan Steele is an eco farmer, environmentalist, tourism operator and bush aficionado. He farms over 5,000 acres in a remote area of the Ruapehu District, an area that was once given by the Government… Audio

The 92nd anniversary of the end of the First World War has been marked by a number of ceremonies around New Zealand today including a new Railway workers memorial at KiwiRail's mechanical workshops in… Audio

Justin Gregory and guests explore what might have happened if key events in our history had not occurred. Today, how did a poet manage to extract New Zealand from the first world war? Audio

The Government is refusing to be drawn into an international standoff over a tri-nation survey of the Gallipoli battlefields. Talks about the significance of the battlefield and the impact of widening… Audio

A planned survey of the battlegrounds of Gallipoli has been delayed by at least five months because of a diplomatic standoff between Australia and Turkey. Audio

The Assyrian community in Australia is refusing to apologise for enmeshing New Zealand in a diplomatic dispute between Australia and Turkey after a momument dedicated to the Assyrian victims of… Audio

New Zealand has become embroiled in a diplomatic spat between Australia and Turkey that has put on hold a major archaeological survey of the battleground of Gallipoli. Audio

Author and historian Stevan Eldred-Grigg speaks about New Zealand's presence and policy with regard to the First World War as well as our societal myths that invaded our common collective conscious… Audio

Jill Dawson has published six novels and also writes poetry. Her latest novel, The Great Lover, captures the allure of poet Rupert Brooke and his intriguing relationships, in the euphoric period… Audio

Expat Stephen Daisley redefines heroism and traitors in his debut novel 'Traitor', set both in New Zealand and in Gallipoli during World War One, and published by Text Publishing. Audio