WW1

A competition run by Radio New Zealand Concert and its trans-tasman counterpart, ABC Classic, is calling for New Zealand and Australian composers to create original works for next year's Anzac day. Audio

There's a call for Pacific island soldiers who fought in the First World War to be honoured alongside Anzac troops at New Zealand's main war memorials. Audio

The national museum, Te Papa, is about to begin an international hunt for a new chief executive after confirming yesterday current CEO, Mike Houlihan, is leaving to take up a special advisory role in… Audio

The children of some Gallipoli veterans have been upset to learn that so many of them have missed out on passes to attend the 2015 commemoration in Turkey. Nine to Noon speaks with the Minister of… Audio

How attitudes to the First World War have changed - with media commentator Phil Wallington, who has an abiding passion for military history. Audio

Wayne Brittenden looks at the impact of Gallipoli on our national psyche and comes up with a challenging critique of the campaign. Wallace Chapman follows up with psychology professor Tony Taylor, and… Audio

This year almost 5000 people made the pilgrimage to Anzac Cove in Turkey to remember the campaign that claimed 120,000 lives. Audio

PURCELL: Hear My Prayer
MESSIAEN: O sacrum Convivium
BEETHOVEN: Molto Adagio from String Quartet in A minor Op 132
SCHNITTKE: Drei geistliche Gesange

New Zealand String Quartet, Voices  New… Audio

Glyn Harper is a military historian and author who has collected and read hundreds of letters sent home by New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli.. His book Jim's Letters is for children, and based on… Audio

New Zealand's contribution to building mines in the trenches of the First World War is being brought to life in Nelson this weekend. Audio

Preparations are underway at Gallipoli for the Anzac Day services to be held there. Audio

ANZAC day is coming up at the end of the week and more than sixty years ago, Lyttleton musician and photographer Jae Renaut attended his first dawn parade as a boy of seven. He's now recorded a song… Audio

Author of the recently-published New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919, historian Damien Fenton on the wherewithal of war - the Japanese invasion scare of 1942. Audio

Onn-hundred years on from the beginning of World War I, Australian playwright and director, Wesley Enoch talks to us about uncovering the untold story of the aboriginal soldiers of World War 1, known… Audio

What happened at Gallipoli is familiar to New Zealanders, but some aspects of the story have been challenged by a leading military historian. Glyn Harper is a professor of war studies at Massey… Audio

Nick Grant discusses music TV, Prime's "James Nesbitt in New Zealand", and a drama about New Zealand conscientious objectors during WW1, "Field Punishment No.1". Audio

University of Otago political historian A. Prof Brian Roper deconstructs public policies from around the globe, developments that lead to the First World War, as Britain ceased to be the world's… Audio