The men allegedly planning to attack police and bystanders in Melbourne on Anzac Day have been linked to Isis' most senior Australian fighter.

In 1915, a New Zealand flag sat in a drawer in an Auckland home for many years until, by chance, it became well known.

As Mackenzie Glover looks forward to wearing her grandfather's medals on Anzac Day, her family is racing to find heirs to even earlier military decorations.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrived in New Zealand last night for Anzac centenary events and talks on the military mission to Iraq.

Des Price remembers, as clearly as if it were yesterday, his WWII experiences on one of New Zealand's most famous warships, the Leander.

He's probably the oldest RSA Poppy Day collector in the country - and also one of the best.

Today you can download a virtual poppy to show your support for New Zealand's veterans and service people.

Kiwis young and old are helping to create the world's largest poppy in Auckland Domain to honour the Anzacs and commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landings.

Sir Peter Jackson has re-created his most epic battle scene yet, with a giant Gallipoli diorama.

NZME., publisher of the Herald, has joined forces with the Returned and Services' Association for a major fundraising initiative to commemorate Anzac Day.

The Anzacs fought for seven months on the beaches and in the trenches of Gallipoli's Sari Bair range.

Dambuster Les Munro presents his medals and associated memorabilia to Auckland's Motat museum at a special ceremony today. The medals and memorabilia were handed over at the Bomber Command Memorial in London last month by Christopher Hill from auction house Dix Noonan Webb, and will now be donated to the Museum of Transport and Technology (Motat).

Victoria police said the medals were located yesterday by Australia Post, and it appeared they had not been stolen.

A recent online campaign led by Woolworths Australia has caused outrage among customers, who accused the supermarket giant for cashing in on Anzac Day.

Sir Tony Robinson uncovers New Zealand ANZAC history while filming his television series retelling kiwi war stories to commemorate the 100 years since World War One.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will make his second official visit to New Zealand next week to take part in the Anzac centenary commemorations.

A week of official events marking the centenary of the Gallipoli landings begins on Saturday with the opening of national war memorial park, the Government announced today.

Herbert A. Knight, a young man who had shown great promise in his hometown of Wanganui, was shot down on May 8, 1915. Despite having already spent that day clambering around the hills at Gallipoli carrying ammunition up to the frontlines, he had volunteered to go out and bury a mule carcass. My great-great-uncle was just 20 years old when a Turkish sniper shot him through the heart. Like so many young men killed in World War I, he was among the cream of his generation.

The Returned and Services Association says it cannot afford to wait until after the centenary of Anzac Day this month to take its fight against proposed changes to the country's flag.

Police on both sides of the Tasman are hunting a thief who pinched 12 medals awarded to a Kiwi Anzac who served at Gallipoli.

Commemorating the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, Neil Finn and Jim Carter have re-recorded "Blue Smoke", composed by Ruru Karaitiana in 1940. Jim Carter played steel guitar on the 1948 recording with singer Pixie Williams.

Rebecca Nelson was busking on a Devonport street when a man approached her with a curious proposition.

Jamie Simpson grew up with family stories of his great-grandfather - now he will follow in his footsteps for the centenary commemorations at Gallipoli this Anzac Day.

Australia has sent special forces and intelligence agents to Turkey as part of security measures for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli.

Some of Hawke's Bay's oldest war veterans could miss big public centennials marking the Gallipoli landings because the Anzac Day service in Havelock North has been scrapped.