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Niue 'left behind' over huge WW1 contribution
100 years on from the First World War, the people of Niue are still pushing for 150 of their men to be recognised for their role.
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"A Chant of Hate against England" - German war poetry
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… Audio
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Niue calls for WW1 soldiers to be recognised
Audio 25 Apr 2017Niue is pushing for 150 soldiers to be recognised for their service in the First World War. Audio
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Good Sons - Greg Hall
Author Greg Hall has penned a book based on World War One and the stories of three young Oamaru men who answer the call of duty and find themselves on the dangerous front lines on the other side of… Audio
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Cook Island WW1 soldiers remembered in NZ
Audio 17 Nov 2016Descendants of hundreds of Cook Island men who enlisted in the First World War are fighting to preserve the stories of their ancestors. Audio
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NZ soldier executed in WW1 to get final recognition
The family of a New Zealand soldier executed by the British during World War 1 for questionable reasons are pleased he is finally being commemorated. Audio
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Artist Michel Tuffery explores Waiheke Island
A community art project at Waiheke Art Gallery on Waiheke Island has uncovered rich material for artist Michel Tuffery. Michel works with objects - you might remember his cattle sculptures made from… Audio, Gallery
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Featherston's Grand Old Lady
The ANZAC Hall in Featherston was built to give the thousands of World War I soldiers camped nearby a place to relax - a 'home away from home' - before they went to war. Since then, the building has… Audio, Gallery
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Battle of the Somme: NZ soldiers mark centenary
The horrors of the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago - and NZ's involvement in it - have been marked in France. Video
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Somme centenary: Marking the fallen in stone
The NZ soldiers who fell during the Battle of the Somme are a long way from their native soil, but Andrew McRae finds their graves still receive plenty of care and attention.
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Somme centennial: Lost Kiwi soldier's family visit memorial site
A century after a Wairoa soldier was lost in the chaos of the Battle of the Somme, Andrew McRae meets the first family member to journey to the place that he fell.
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Centennial of the 'bloodbath' that was the Battle of the Somme
One of New Zealand's bloodiest military engagements is being commemorated this week. Andrew McRae looks back at the WWI Battle of the Somme.
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Centenary of the Battle of the Somme
It's one hundred years since 15 thousand New Zealand soldiers joined the Battle of the Somme in Northern France. It was one of the country's bloodiest military engagements ever. Audio
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Hugh Sebag-Montefiore: the battle of the Somme
Kim Hill talks to Hugh Sebag-Montefiore about his new history, Somme: Into the Breach, a fresh account of the most famous battle of World War 1, which saw over a million casualties, including some… Audio
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Live: No Man's Land at WOMAD 2016
No Man's Land - a commemoration of the Great War - live at WOMAD 2016. Video, Audio
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Call to help solve war photo mysteries
A historian is calling for help to identify century-old photographs as part of a book honouring Māori and Pacifica soldiers of World War I.
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Search on for identities of soldiers in newly found WW1 photos
Audio 17 Aug 2016The search is on to reveal the identies of a number of First World War photographs which have been hidden away for a hundred years. Audio
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Search on for mystery Māori soldier's name
A call has gone out to identify a man photographed in a group of Māori soldiers from WWI.
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WW1 - The Soldier's Diary
ProgrammeOne man’s account of the Gallipoli campaign, from departure, to Egypt and on to the trenches of Chunuk Bair.
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NZ troops in Bastille Day parade in Paris
New Zealand troops have taken part in the Bastille Day parade in Paris, led by Māori soldiers.
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The Songs and Story of a Lost Composer
The opening day of the Battle of the Somme offensive, 1 July 1916, was the worst day in British military history: 20,000 men were killed and another 40,000 wounded. One of those was a talented young… Audio
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"WWI's Armenian genocide was the template for the Nazi Holocaust" - expert commentator
Jim Mora talks to Associate Professor Maartje Abbenhuis, Dr Felicity Barnes, and Dr Maria Armoudian. Audio
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Telling the story of a Gallipoli artist
A book is to be published on the life of Gallipoli artist Horace Moore-Jones, best known for 'The Man With The Donkey'.
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NZ's fallen remembered around world
New Zealanders have gathered all over the world - from Turkey and France to Jakarta and Iraq - to remember those who served overseas.
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Taranaki Wars history left to rot
A dilapidated sign in an overgrown section on the outskirts of Waitara is the only hint to the significance of Te Kohia pā.
