Gallipoli
Gallipoli hero to have street named after him
A Gallipoli hero who created one of the most enduring images of the First World War will have a street in Hamilton renamed in his honour. Sapper Horace Moore-Jones landed at Anzac Cove in April 1915… Audio
Roger Ridley-Smith: medicine and Gallipoli
Retired General Practitioner Roger Ridley Smith whose paper, The Sick Soldiers of Gallipoli, was presented to the Third Gallipoli Conference in Istanbul in 2012. Mentions the book Gallipoli by John… Audio
The Otago Mounted Rifles
In November 1864, a group of men gathered at what is now the Wine Cellars Bar on Stafford Street in Dunedin, to form the Otago Mounted Rifles. This light horse troop of volunteers fought in the Boer… Audio
New Zealand planning for Gallipoli centenary in early stages
Three years out from the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, the planning in New Zealand for the anniversary is - in contrast to Australia - still in its early stages. Audio
Australia pledges $NZ100 million for ANZAC centenary
The Australian Government is contributing 100-million dollars for the Anzac centenary commemorations which begin in 2014. Audio
In Conversation with Professor Glyn Harper
Professor Glyn Harper is the author of 'Letters from Gallipoli, New Zealand Soldiers Write Home'. He speaks here to Lynn Freeman about an ambitious new centenary history of New Zealanders in the First… Audio
The Nautilus - Voyager New Zealand
A 99 year old 12.5 metre long launch that started life as a simple river boat on the Avon has just become part of the Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum's collection for her role in saving lives at… Audio
Key Anzac defence position rediscovered at Gallipoli
The most extensive archaeological survey of the Gallipoli battle field has discovered Malone's Terraces, a vital Anzac defence position long thought to have been destroyed. Audio
Ian McGibbon - Gallipoli survey
A major survey of the battlefields at Gallipoli is helping to shape our understanding of the Anzac area of Gallipoli. The historical and archaeological survey of the Anzac battlefields was conducted… Audio
Murat Deniz - Gallipoli Tours
Murat Deniz is a Turkish tour guide, specialising in tours of Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Audio
The first ANZAC ceremony
On Anzac Day 1916, the world's first Anzac ceremony was held on a rugged hillside overlooking the village of Tinui in the Wairarapa. Reverend Basil Ashcroft erected a wooden cross on the hill. It… Audio
Letters from Gallipoli
Professor Glyn Harper is the editor of 'Letters from Gallipoli: New Zealand Soldiers Write Home'. This book tells the story of the Gallipoli campaign from the invasion to the evacuation… Audio
First survey of Gallipoli trenches since WW1
4000 metres of trenches, bottles of rum and German beer and a camp for baking bread have been uncovered by a team of international archaeologists doing the first survey of the Gallipoli battlefields.
…Gallipoli study
Archaeologists have made some surprising discoveries in the first-ever joint Australian, Turkish and New Zealand survey of the Anzac battlefield. The findings include 12 cemeteries, concrete boundary… Audio
Mystery land owner
Peter Henderson has been paying the rates on land in Hunterville that isn't even his, in the hopes that descendants of the original owner will someday come forward and claim it. The land was issued by… Audio
Government stays on sidelines in row over Gallipoli survey
The Government is refusing to be drawn into an international standoff over a tri-nation survey of the Gallipoli battlefields. Talks about the significance of the battlefield and the impact of widening… Audio
Planned survey of Gallipoli is delayed by five months
A planned survey of the battlegrounds of Gallipoli has been delayed by at least five months because of a diplomatic standoff between Australia and Turkey. Audio
Assyrian community refusing to back down in Gallipoli row
The Assyrian community in Australia is refusing to apologise for enmeshing New Zealand in a diplomatic dispute between Australia and Turkey after a momument dedicated to the Assyrian victims of… Audio
New Zealand embroiled in Turkish diplomatic spat
New Zealand has become embroiled in a diplomatic spat between Australia and Turkey that has put on hold a major archaeological survey of the battleground of Gallipoli. Audio
Chapter and Verse
Expat Stephen Daisley redefines heroism and traitors in his debut novel 'Traitor', set both in New Zealand and in Gallipoli during World War One, and published by Text Publishing. Audio