War

By early 1915 the garrison on Samoa was being relieved so that men like Leonard Leary could be sent overseas. Leary describes the replacements and his own next move which was to England to join the… Audio

The story of a German-born bowler ejected from a Wellington bowling club of which he had been a long-term and respected member, and Captain Ray Curtis, a Canterbury machine gunner, talks about Maori… Audio

Nigerian-born, UK-based writer and performer of Call Mr Robeson: a Life with Songs, based on the musical career and political activism of the US singer Paul Robeson.

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Cross-agency Defence Force lead for the 2015 Gallipoli commemoration, and author of Elusive Peace: a Kiwi Peacekeeper in Angola, about his time as a United Nations Military Observer in 1998. Audio

Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Director of the Institute for Transregional Studies at Princeton University, and a leading expert on the theology of Islamic State. Audio

Report from the Clutha Leader in which Chaplain Major Grant describes the bad liquor being sold to New Zealand troops in Egypt. Nurse Ida Willis describes setting up hospitals in Egypt. A Whangarei… Audio

Kathy Gannon is an AP correspondent who spent two decades reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan. From 2009, she worked in tandem with the acclaimed German photographer, Anja Niedringhaus, and… Audio

Until now there had been few New Zealand war deaths - about a dozen men had died from illness. News came of the first New Zealand battle casualty, William Ham. Audio

Sharon Earl welds sculptures out of steel from her workshop in Pyramid Valley. Her life-sized 'Warhorse', made in a filigree style, was recently exhibited at the Sculpture on Shore exhibition in… Audio

Reuters war photographer and celebrated Norwegian film director Erik Poppe talks about A Thousand Times Goodnight, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2014 Montreal film festival. Audio

The fight to force tech companies like Apple to source conflict-free minerals from the Congo, where illegal mining has funded the 20 year war that has killed millions. Bandi Mbubi's Ted Talk on how… Audio

Peter Buck tells of joining the Maori contingent as medical officer and Doctor Agnes Bennett describes the pleasant journey for the nurses from New Zealand to the war zone. Reports of canteens ripping… Audio

Opening with the encounter between Hongi Hika and King George IV in London in 1820, Dame Anne Salmond traces the themes of rangatiratanga and sovereignty from then through the Declaration of… Audio

Extract from a soldier's letter home to his family in Blenheim; Marjorie Lees, then a schoolgirl, tells of falling in love with a soldier who was later killed and explains how little young people knew… Audio

In the month marking the 100^th anniversary of the legendary First World War Christmas truce, Wayne Brittenden looks at how the warrior bishops on both sides managed to get the message of peace and… Audio

By the end of November 1914 New Zealanders of the Main Body were about to land in Egypt. An extract from the dairy of Colonel William Malone illustrates his "martinet" style as he complains of men who… Audio

British historian, public speaker and Doctor of Philosophy whose most recent book is Napoleon the Great. Audio

As yet there are no New Zealand casualties in action and newspapers must look for local links in overseas news. In New Zealand there's a feeling of urgency as men hurry to enlist before the war is… Audio

Reports from the Otago Daily Times about anti-German feeling and wartinme stoies from newspapers in Tauranga and Blenheim. Captain Pitimi Tahiwi comments on Maori recruitment and Second World War… Audio