Poppies

It's poppy day. We talk to Grant Philip -- a tetraplegic ex-serviceman, who received funding from the National Poppy fund to purchase a new sports wheelchair and RSA president BJ Clark about why… Audio

A poppy the size of a football field is being pieced together at Auckland Domain in time for ANZAC Day. Tony McNeight has been working on the project for the past year. Audio

In Australia the term BRANDZAC is being bandied about as many commercial entities cash-in on ANZAC Day. We talk to the RSA's David Moger about this and also what's in store for this year's Poppy Day… Audio

A two metre-high wall of eleven and a half thousand poppies will be created today on Queen's Wharf in Auckland as part of the Gallipoli centenary. Audio

A call from the National Army Museum for hand crafted poppies to honor service men and women who died in the Great War has been met with an overwhelming response. The museum launched "A patriotic call… Audio

Dunedin jeweler back from a four-month research trip to to Europe and North America for his Poppies of War and Peace project, investigating the life and work of Moina Belle Michael, the "Poppy Lady".

Dunedin artist Stephen Mulqueen discusses the history and symbolism of the ANZAC poppy. Stephen himself makes brass poppies from spent bullet casings. Audio