War

Author of The Three Uncles: The Cole Brothers in the Great War. Audio

In early November 1914 the war still seemed far away. Extract from Bay of Plenty Times in which news was dominated by the battles between British and German troops in Northern Europe. But on 19th… 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".

While the public supplied funds for motorcars and motorcycles to be bought for the Main Body, the army relied on horses for transport. Percy Lowndes and another veteran recall the shipping of the… Audio

Alfred Mazengarb describes leaving with the Main Body in October 1914 and Colin Franklin-Browne recalls the treatment of men who were not joining up. A letter home from Private John Thompson of… Audio

Ena Ryan describes excitement of Main Draft leaving and General Sir Andrew Russell describes the attitude of the men. Newspaper report of some soldiers not letting authorities know of the need to send… Audio

Literary commentators Kate Camp, Harry Ricketts, Jane Stafford and Kate Hunter look at literature from the front lines, including 'Storm of Steel', 'Testament of Youth' and 'We Shall Not Cease'. What… Audio

Jim Warner of Waikato recalls that no pressure was put on men to join up in the early days. And his own keenness to enlist. Duncan McCormick describes his experience as a conscientious objector. Jim… Audio

A panel discussion about the poetry of the First World War involving Harry Ricketts, Kate Camp, Jane Stafford and Dave Armstrong. The conversation includes generous readings from war poets famous and… Audio

Sisters in Arms tells the stories of Sofija Jovanovic, who posed as a man to join the Serbian army and fight in the First World War, and Dr Jessie Scott, among New Zealand's first women surgeons, who… Audio

Kevin Clements is the chair of the Archibald Baxter Memorial Trust, which was formed to remember New Zealand's best-known conscientious objector. The trust has plans to honour Archibald Baxter and… Audio

Researcher who identified ten representative Wellingtonians who were involved in World War 1, as part of the city's free multi-media event, Wellington - Lest We Forget. Audio

Britain's foremost scholar of world religion, author of Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence, and founder of the Charter for Compassion. Audio

Author of the recently published New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919, historian Damien Fenton on the wherewithal of war - the First Battle of Ypres (11 October - 22 November 1914). Audio

Colin Franklin-Browne describes the wild enthusiasm in the streets as troops paraded. The story of schoolboy Teddy Reynolds of Taita wanting to go to war with his father. Tom Seddon MP recalls the… Audio

Author of the book, Give Us This Day: a Memoir of Family and Exile, which tells the story of her father, one of the exiled Polish children offered refuge in New Zealand in 1944. Audio

Clive Drummond tells of the wireless message from Australia which brought the New Zealand troopships back to await an escort. FMB Fisher recalls the reaction of Prime Minister Massey to the telegram… Audio

FMB Fisher describes the assurance from the admiralty that it was safe for the troopships to leave Wellington. Alfred Mazengarb describes the ships leaving and his own ship being held back and… Audio

'Brass banding is a great relaxation,' says Bill Rimmer, a Soprano Cornet player with The Band of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, 'We all come from different walks of life…and we're all… Audio

Ena Ryan describes the rush of young men to recruit and the young girls knitting for the troops. Tom Seddon MP describes the debates in the House and Hansard recording donations, Leonard Leary… Audio