Tuesday, 25 April 2017
ANZAC Day on RNZ National features live coverage of the dawn service at Pukeahu National War Memorial, followed by a programme of interviews and discussion hosted by Mihingarangi Forbes and Colin Peacock through the morning, then returning to Pukeahu for further coverage of events there between 11am and midday.
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ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2017
6:00 AM.The Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance from the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington presented by Philippa Tolley. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Maartje Abbenhuis
7:12 AM.Historians from all over the world, including New Zealand, have gathered in Wellington for 'Myriad Faces', a special conference at Te Papa which looks back at the legacy of 1917, a year which… Read more Audio
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Tony Masters - The Western Front
7:30 AM.New Zealand's First World War commemorations overseas this year will focus on the Western Front with Anzac Day ceremonies in France and Belgium marking the centenary of the battles of Messines and… Read more Audio
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Catriona Pennell - Messines and Ireland's fallen soldiers
7:35 AM.Dr Catriona Pennell from Exeter University has studied the Irish experience of World War One. She is also an expert in how that war is understood by young people today. Read more Audio
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Brendon Jull - Gallipoli
8:08 AM.NZDF Lieutenant Colonel Brendan Jull is in Gallipoli for the New Zealand National Service at Chunuk Bair. This is taking place this year under tight security, after warnings earlier this month that… Read more Audio
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Jean Cretney - Bideford and The Carswells
8:15 AM.These days, there's not a lot to the small Wairarapa settlement of Bideford, but outside the small, and now closed, local school there is a modest memorial to former pupils who served in the First and… Read more Audio
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"A Chant of Hate against England" - German war poetry
8:27 AM.Wilfred Owen wrote some of the best known poetry of World War One, as a British soldier in 1917. Since then, generations of New Zealanders have had to ponder poems like that in high school English… Read more Audio
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Professor Michael Neiberg - America and the First World War
8:40 AM.1917 was an extraordinary year that shaped 20th century history, and has had a profound effect upon the lives we lead today, in the 21st century. In 1917, revolution in Russia took that country out of… Read more Audio
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Rahui Papa - Waikato Land Wars
9:10 AM.The memory of the Land Wars and confiscations were too fresh for Waikato and Ngati Maniapoto iwi who suffered many losses of life, including women and children. So when it came to enlisting in the… Read more Audio
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Peter Stanley - The First Wars of Australia
9:25 AM.Before World War One, New Zealand was involved in conflicts here at home. The New Zealand Wars were battles in the 19th century between Maori allies and colonial troops. The wars began in the North… Read more Audio
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Dr Monty Soutar - The Maori Battalion
10:06 AM.The 28th Battalion of the Second World War, better known as the Maori Battalion, had a formidable reputation as one of the finest fighting forces but it came at a great cost: of the 3600 soldiers, 660… Read more Audio
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Kingi Taurua - The Cold War
10:20 AM.Between the late 1950s and early 1970s New Zealanders fought in Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. These wars were part of the Cold War, a long drawn out conflict between Western nations and Communist… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Ron Mark - Repatriating the fallen
10:35 AM.There has been some news recently about 33 New Zealanders who died in the Malayan, Korea, and Vietnam wars. After a long campaign, members of the fallen soldier's families will finally have their… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Branigan Kā
10:50 AM.Branigan Kā is a Māori musician and a radio host for Te Upoko o te Ika in Wellington. He shares his stories and sing a waiata to conclude the studio-based segment of Anzac Day Morning on RNZ National.
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Anzac Day 2017 National Commemoration Service
10:58 AM.From the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington presented by Philippa Tolley. Audio
6:00 Live broadcast from Pukeahu National War memorial
7:10 Maartje Abbenhuis
Maartje Abbenhuis is an Associate Professor in Modern European History at The University of Auckland. She is meeting with historians from all over the world - including New Zealand - who have gathered in Wellington for 'Myriad Faces' - a special conference at Te Papa which looks back at the legacy of 1917.
7:30 Tony Masters
Commander Tony Masters, RNZN, is leading the contingent to France and Belgium for Anzac Day commemorations.
Photo: SUPPLIED / NZDF
7:40 Dr Catriona Pennell
Dr Catriona Pennell from Exeter University in the UK. Photo: supplied
Dr Catriona Pennell from Exeter University has studied the Irish experience of World War One. She is also an expert in how that war is understood by young people today.
8:10 Lieutenant Colonel Brendan Jull
NZDF Lieutenant Colonel Brendan Jull is in Gallipoli for the New Zealand National Service at Chunuk Bair.
The wreath laying ceremony at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Photo: Radio NZ / Alexa Cook
8:20 Jean Cretney
Jean Cretney from Carterton holding the certificate recording the death of her uncle George Carswell. Photo: RNZ / Colin Peacock
Jean Cretney of Carterton has been trying to find out more about the Carswells who fought and died in World Wars I and II.
Sarah Henderson at Anzac Cove. Photo: AAP / NZ Defence Force
8:30 Roger Smith
Roger Smith Photo: Gareth Watkins
Roger Smith has been researching the German tradition of war poetry and, in particular, one notorious poem published in Germany right at the beginning of WW1 in 1914 entitled "A Chant of Hate against England".
8:40 Professor Michael Neiberg
Michael Neiberg, professor of history in the at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania. Photo: supplied
Professor Michael Neiberg is from the United States Army War College in Pennsylvania, where he teaches military history to US army officers.
New Zealand and Australian soldiers landing at Anzac Cove Photo: New Zealand and Australian soliders landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915. New Zealand Free Lance: Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-5936-18. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
9:10 Rahui Papa
Rahui Papa - Pamārire leader Photo: Supplied
Historian for the Kiingitanga, Rahui Papa, explains how Waikato and Maniapoto commemorate war. Rather than go to war in WW1, Waikato Maori were arrested and imprisoned for resisting conscription.
9:20 Peter Stanley
Peter Stanley, research professor at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society. Photo: supplied
Peter Stanley is a Professor at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society. Peter has published more than 30 books, mainly in the field of Australian military-social history, though he has also published in British imperial military history. He has recently focused on the Great War. Peter's major current project is 'Terriers in India', a book - the very first - on the experience of the 50,000 British Territorial soldiers who served in India during the Great War.
Soldiers pay their respects at the Auckland War Museum. Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski
10:10 Dr Monty Soutar
Dr Monty Soutar. Photo: RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson
Dr Monty Soutar discusses his most recent research project dedicated to the Māori men who fought and died for their country.
10:20 Kingi Taurua
Ngāpuhi elder Kingi Taurua speaks of his experience of landing in the Vietnam bush in 1965 as a 23-year-old gunner with 161 Battalion.
10:30 Ron Mark
Former New Zealand army officer and politician Ron Mark discusses the fate of the 33 New Zealand servicemen who died fighting or serving in the Malayan, Korean and Vietnam wars.
10:45 Branigan Kā
Branigan Kā is a Māori musician and a radio host for Te Upoko o te Ika in Wellington. He shares his stories and sings a waiata to conclude the studio-based segment of the programme.
10:58 Pukeahu National War Memorial
We return to Pukeahu National War Memorial and Philippa Tolley provides commentary of the 11am service there.
We would like to thank Nga Taonga Sound and Vision for the historic audio used in today's programme. Kia ora!
