World War 1
Ken Follett: 'I think about my characters when I go to sleep'
Master storyteller Ken Follett is one of the best-selling authors of the past 50 years, with over 178 million sales of his 32 books in print. The Welsh writer's latest book, Never, marks a return to… Audio
Anzac Day National Commemoration Service 2021
Live broadscast of the Commemoration Service from Pukeahu National War Memorial Park 25th April 2021. Audio
The forgotten men and women of World War One
Military historian Herb Farrant has done a lot of detective work both here and in Europe to uncover the stories of the men and women who died as a result of The Great War, many of whom were not… Audio
The extraordinary lives of lighthouse women
Shona Riddell enjoys cold, windy weather and stories about remote locations. She's also had a long-held fascination for lighthouses. So it's perhaps no surprise her new book, Guiding Lights tells the… Audio
With Them Through Hell
The First World War caused the largest global mobilisation of people the world had ever seen and for New Zealanders the distance traveled was especially significant. But it wasn't just soldiers that… Audio, Gallery
The Unthanks and Songs of World War 1
British folksters The Unthanks have released an EP of songs setting texts by poets from the time of World War 1. William Dart listens to these and other songs inspired by The Great War. Video, Audio
Purple Poppy service honours soldier and war animals
A service to mark Purple Poppy Day and honour First World War soldier Thomas Hartnell-Stone will take place in Canterbury this afternoon.
Giant conch shell unveiled as NZ's memorial to Pacific soldiers
A giant conch shell has been revealed as the design for the Pacific Islands memorial at New Zealand's National War Memorial. Audio
Somme Parade
Poets and composers were not exempt from military service in WWI and were called up along with everyone else. Inevitably they turned to their craft to attempt to express and come to terms with their… Audio, Gallery
New Zealand’s airmen in the Great War
Massey University historian Adam Claasen has written an extraordinary book telling the previously untold story of New Zealand's Great War airmen. While much has been written about our Kiwi soldiers at… Audio, Gallery
Dave Dobbyn, the pacifist at Passchendaele
Dave Dobbyn speaks from the fields of Passchendaele after performing at the centenary commemorations of the day New Zealand lost 845 soldiers in battle in just a few hours. Audio
Passchendaele commemorations held nationwide
Services to mark the centenary of the WWI battle where more than 800 men died within hours have been held around the country.
Exhibition depicts the horrors of the Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele of 1917, which included one of the darkest days in New Zealand's military history, is the subject of a new exhibition that opens in Wellington today. Audio
The Italian Front
Our regular historian, Damien Fenton is in the studio with Bryan to talk about an aspect of the first world war almost completely forgotten in New Zealand today - the Italian Front 1915-1918. Audio
Epidemic: the story of Robert Logan
Can you imagine if 20 per cent of the people you know suddenly died? How would you feel if the people in charge blocked doctors from helping them? For Samoans in 1918 this wasn't a hypothetical… Audio
WW1 objectors' voices 'also needs to be heard'
A powerful exhibition focused on opposition to New Zealand's involvement in the First World War has opened in Wellington. Video, Audio
Anzac Day 2017 National Commemoration Service
From the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in central Wellington presented by Philippa Tolley. Audio
Dr Monty Soutar - The Maori Battalion
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… Audio
Rahui Papa - Waikato Land Wars
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… Audio
Professor Michael Neiberg - America and the First World War
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… Audio