WW1

Literary commentators Kate Camp, Harry Ricketts, Jane Stafford and Kate Hunter look at literature from the front lines, including 'Storm of Steel', 'Testament of Youth' and 'We Shall Not Cease'. What… Audio

A new exhibition called World War One - A contemporary conversation, the National Library of New Zealand is reflecting on the history and repercussions of war and conflict. As well as displaying some… Audio

In June 1913, William Massey's government clamped down on youths who were avoiding recently introduced military training. When a dozen or so young conscientious objectors were incarcerated in Fort… Audio

The largest group of men ever to leave this country to fight overseas left from Wellington on this day, 100 years ago to take part in the First World War. Audio

Charlie Adlard is a British comic book artist and penciller, known for his work on the long-running Image Comics series The Walking Dead. A post-apocalyptic horror story of humans fighting zombies… Audio

Jim Warner of Waikato recalls that no pressure was put on men to join up in the early days. And his own keenness to enlist. Duncan McCormick describes his experience as a conscientious objector. Jim… Audio

A panel discussion about the poetry of the First World War involving Harry Ricketts, Kate Camp, Jane Stafford and Dave Armstrong. The conversation includes generous readings from war poets famous and… Audio

Sisters in Arms tells the stories of Sofija Jovanovic, who posed as a man to join the Serbian army and fight in the First World War, and Dr Jessie Scott, among New Zealand's first women surgeons, who… Audio

Kevin Clements is the chair of the Archibald Baxter Memorial Trust, which was formed to remember New Zealand's best-known conscientious objector. The trust has plans to honour Archibald Baxter and… Audio

Researcher who identified ten representative Wellingtonians who were involved in World War 1, as part of the city's free multi-media event, Wellington - Lest We Forget. Audio

Sisters in Arms tells the story of two women during WW1, New Zealand surgeon Jessica Scott and Serbian Sergeant Sofia Jovanovic, played by Jessica Latton and Sanja Krsmanovic Tasic. Audio

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

A new tunnel has been opened to Wellington commuters today. 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

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

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

Biographer, oral historian and author Jane Tolerton says our accepted history of the first world war neglects the role that many New Zealand women played. Apart from New Zealand nurses, she says the… Audio