WW1

Les Cleveland sings some of the songs New Zealand troops sang during the First World War and veterans recall the various nationalities which fought beside the New Zealanders at Gallipoli. A "Clutha… Audio

Veterans Alex Fraser and Lazell Davidson recall seeing the sinking of HMS Triumph at Gallipoli and other naval activity in the region. Newspaper reports of war souvenir editions and the growing lists… Audio

Two hundred and thirty people will march from Featherston over the Rimutaka Hill on Sunday to mark one hundred years since soliders in the First World War took the route to go to war. Audio

Doug Dibley recalls volunteering to help in troop camp hospitals but ending up being shipped to Gallipoli as a stretcher bearer. Reports from "The Press" giving details of the background of those men… Audio

Why people around the country, and some from overseas, are splashing out on postage to send rocks to the Coromandel. Kit Wilson on building a lasting memorial in Waihi to honour the First World War… Audio

Cecil Malthus describes being in hospital in September 1915 after being evacuated from Gallipoli and Jim Warner describes his training in New Zealand during the latter part of 1915. A newspaper report… Audio

The First World War in Perspective: A First World War centenary Lecture organised by Te Papa and the German Embassy, in which Professor Jörn Leonhard of Freiburg University offers an historian's… Audio

Poems written home from Gallipoli to his family at Gimmerburn, Maniototo, by Trooper Jack Duncan. Introduced by Adam Macauley and read by Duncan Smith. Audio

Indigenous and Pacific Experiences in WWI The First World War had a great impact on many communities and cultures in the South Pacific region. As part of Te Papa's Conflict and Identity research… Audio

In this week's episode: Eva speaks to Australian conductor Simone Young about her passion for Bruckner Symphonies, before speaking to director Amanda Rees and her sister, actor Donogh Rees about their… Audio

Veterans at a re-union in 1960 recall their experiences during the first few months on Gallipoli. Audio

With the 100 year commemorations of Gallipoli and Chunuk Bair we've heard a lot recently about the battles and sacrifice thousands of New Zealand men made in World War One. But we don't hear much… Audio

Ross Harris has just returned from Turkey and the world premiere of The Gallipoli Symphony; a work that's been a decade in the making and involved 11 composers from New Zealand and Australia. The New… 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

Content Director for Australia and New Zealand at Ancestry.com, who is giving the keynote address, on the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand, at the 2015 Family History Expo. Audio, Gallery