WW1

To military history now, and it's been revealed why the numbers of New Zealand troops who served at Gallipoli has been miscalculated for almost a century. Estimates have upped the total from 8500 to… Audio

The details are revealed of two big projects to mark New Zealand's commemoration of the centenary of the First World War. We talk to two people closely involved in making WW1 documents available… Audio

A small group of volunteers is battling to save hundreds of oak trees planted across North Otago at the end of the First World War in memory of soldiers who died. Audio

Tour operators in Australia who are pre-selling tickets to the Anzac centenary in Gallipoli, are being told by the Australian Government to pay the money back. Audio

The 98th anniversary of Gallipoli was commemorated at Anzac Day services around the country yesterday. Audio

The 98th anniversary of Gallipoli was commemorated around the country yesterday. Audio

New Zealand military historian John Tonkin-Covell has contributed a chapter on Chunuk Bair, one of the most celebrated battles of the Gallipoli campaign, to the book Gallipoli : a ridge too far. He… Audio

Edited by Ashley Ekins, published by Exisle Publishing, reviewed by Harry Broad. Audio

It's often said that the New Zealand nationhood was born on the battlefields of Gallipoli. But what if New Zealand had never gone to war in 1914? Simon Mercep talks to University of Canterbury's Dr… Audio

The Forgotten General is a docu-drama about Major General Sir Andrew Russell. Based on Jock Vennell's book of the same name, the film profiles the largely overlooked New Zealand Division commander on… Audio

Food that even the enemy didn't want was the staple diet of the New Zealand troops at Gallipoli, and a newly-released study shows it was also dangerous for their health. Andrew McRae talks to… Audio

There will be no Victoria Cross for John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the stretcher bearer at Gallipoli made famous by a painting showing him carrying wounded soldiers on a donkey. An Australian Defence… Audio

Written by Peter Burness, reviewed by Harry Broad and published by Exisle Publishing. Harry Broad dicusses this infamous Australian military failure. Audio

A hero of the Gallipoli Campaign, Sapper Horace Moore-Jones is best known for his painting "The Man with the Donkey", will be remembered in Hamilton tomorrow when the city honours a man whose heroics… Audio

Lynette Townsend and Anita Hogan of Te Papa are trying to track down the families of over 100 soldiers who fought in the First World War. All they have to work with are some old glass negatives found… Audio

Sunday is Armistice Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice between the Allies and Germany to officially end the First World War. In Cambridge, the commemorations actually begin tomorrow… Audio

The latest archaeological survey at Gallipoli has turned up nearly five-hundred relics - three times that found the year before. Audio

Maxine Alterio's historical novel 'Lives We Leave Behind' was inspired by the torpedoing of the British troopship Marquette by a German U-boat on 23 October 1915 - 10 New Zealand nurses were among the… Audio

Strecher-bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick ferried wounded soldiers on a donkey from ANZAC Cove in April 1915 during the brutal fighting at Gallipoli. He is a hero to so many in New Zealand and… Audio

The remains of a New Zealand First World War soldier found in Messines in Belgium earlier this year will be reburied in a Commonwealth war grave. Audio