War

Matthieu Aikins reports from the Middle East and South Asia for a number of magazines and his investigative work exposing war crimes in Afghanistan won him the George Polk Award and the Medill Medal… Audio

Ernest Harston describes the fighting at Chunuk Bair and the tunneling under the trenches. An extract from Cecil Malthus's book Anzac - a Retrospect in which he describes the quieter routine after… Audio

A report with actuality of New Zealand war-related events during August 1915. Recollections of the fighting at Chunuk Bair from Corporal Cyril Bassett of Auckland, a signaller, who was the first New… Audio

Wellington poet discussing the 1936 novel Passport to Hell by Robyn Hyde, republished this year by Auckland University Press in an edition that includes Hyde's final authorised text from 1937. Audio

Extracts from Cecil Malthus's book Anzac a Retrospect and Padre Henry Blamires describes losing weight while on Gallipoli and another veteran describes the lack of gambling on Gallipoli. A report… Audio

Feminist writer Professor Cynthia Enloe discusses the role of women in international politics and how many of their personal strategies - in marriage, in housework, in dealing with ideals of beauty -… Audio

South Island theatre director of a new production of Once on Chunuk Bair by Maurice Shadbolt, which is being staged at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch, to coincide with the 100-year anniversary… Audio

Independent investigative journalist, historian, and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discussing the nuclear and sanctions deal between Iran and the United… Audio

Jim Sullivan reads extracts from the Bank of New Zealand 1915 annual report which announces the employment of women cashiers to replace men joining the army and an editorial from the Otago Daily Times… Audio

A report with actuality of New Zealand war-related events during July 1915, including recruiting and a letter from the front from Colonel Malone. Audio

During June 1915 New Zealanders would have one of their worst months of the early part of the war with over 400 men killed in action and more than 600 wounded; August and September would bring similar… Audio

In 2003 the lies of one man, Rafid Ahmed Alwan Al-Janabi, were used to unleash war on Iraq. Why did he do it? We ask Matthias Bittner the German filmmaker whose interview with Al-Janabi is the basis… Audio

By the end of May about 230 New Zealanders had lost their lives at Gallipoli and 40 or so men were reported missing. Memories of Bill East from Havelock and Russell Weir of the Wellington Regiment. An… Audio

The story of 'The Man with the Donkey'. Dick Henderson tells of his war time and post war experiences in a recording made in the 1950s. The 'good news' continues to be published alongside long… Audio

Journalist Jon Stephenson on the plight of the Iraqi city of Ramadi. Audio

Reports of New Zealanders killed in action in the operations about the Dardanelles. The country is full of sorrow and of sympathy for those who are stricken. Audio

Extracts from the diary of Corporal Christopher Musgrave on the work of New Zealanders at Gallipoli and newspaper reports from 10 May 1915 about New Zealand bayonet charges at Gallipoli and… Audio

Former British Army Brigadier, and Producer and Chief Executive of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, which is being brought to Wellington by the New Zealand Festival in February 2016. Audio

An unidentified veteran remembers the first weeks on Gallipoli, avoiding Turkish fire and taking two days to dig a two-foot trench. Newspaper stories tell of casualties. Audio