War

Leonard Leary describes attitudes of locals in German Samoa. Sidney Jones describes living conditions for troops. HS Hyde describes the radio station. The story of New Zealand's second war casualty… Audio

Henry Reynolds is a leading Australian historian and the author of Forgotten War, the book chronicling Australia's wars with its indigenous peoples. Audio

Two Otorohanga College students who started the petition for government recognition of the New Zealand Wars and a public holiday with which to commemorate them. Audio

Sir Hew Strachan is the Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University, and is in New Zealand for a series of talks, as part of the First World War project to commemorate the centenary… Audio

Military historian Christopher Pugsley talks with John McCrystal about his career, the business of writing about the First World War, and it contemporary resonances. Audio

Nick Bollinger talks with Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor about writing songs with Bob Dylan and how it feels to see your name on a bomb. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 2 August 2014 Audio

Kate Camp discusses The Storm of Steel, the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War. Audio

Writer and historian who managed the Vietnam War oral history and digital archiving project for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and authored the book No Front Line: Inside Stories of New… Audio

Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force talking about the Force and its participation in the Centenary Day commemoration and other WW100 events. Audio

More than a month after Sunni Islamist insurgents, some operating under the banner of al-Qaeda linked group ISIS, what is the security situation in Iraq? International security expert and Massey… Audio

Ashley Gilbertson is an award-winning photojournalist whose work has focused on soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and how those wars have impacted veterans and their families. Audio

Izzeldin Abuelaish is a man who has every reason to seek revenge but chooses not to. Three of his daughters were killed by Israeli mortar in 2009. He tells us why peace, not revenge, is worth fighting… Audio

Kevin Clements grew up in the household of a pacifist and conscientious objector. We find out how that has influenced his life and how he is encouraging peace around the world. Audio

Brian Turner served time on the front line in Iraq and Bosnia. He shares his stories and poems about modern wartime. Audio

Margaret MacMillan is a professor of international history at St Antony's College, Oxford. She discusses her new book 'The War that Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War'. It… Audio

Jeff Sluka, Craig Bryan, Craig Hoyle and Joseph Le Doux talk to Sonia Sly about modern day threats and fears and how servicemen in combat deal with their fear in the face of war. Audio

New Zealand-born physicist Sean Gourley on the mathematical patterns that underly war, global intelligence, and his roles as a political advisor to the Iraqi government, the UN and the Pentagon. Audio

This week we hear from professor Noel Sharkey about the development of fully autonomous drones, blogger Yousef Aljamal about life under the drones in the Gaza strip, and defence analyst Paul Buchanan… Audio