Survivor of the Anzac Day helicopter crash Sergeant Stevin Creeggan has endured years of pain and humiliating treatment from the Air Force, but his family are speaking out.

Air force commanders allowed a dangerous and deadly culture of rule-breaking that ultimately resulted in the deaths of three young airmen, a court has found.

The return of a contract to New Zealand to make Poppy Day poppies is being celebrated by veterans.

Minister of Veterans' Affairs Michael Woodhouse has upset a family by mistakenly claiming a link to the Gallipoli campaign.

Young New Zealanders have been urged by Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae to visit the battlefields and cemeteries of Europe, not just Gallipoli.

Labour leader David Cunliffe’s incorrect claim that his grandfather won a Military Medal was the result of a family mix-up, his office says.

New Zealanders gathered in their thousands to celebrate Anzac Day at dawn services around the country on Friday, and now attention turns to preparations for next year's centenary of the World War I Gallipoli campaign.

I don't normally feel aggrieved when I'm queuing for immigration checks at airports.

As a young boy Willie Apiata sat close to his grandfather on Anzac Day and was puzzled by the laughter that mixed with sadness, and eyes that "watered just a little bit".

Communities came together at dawn services around the country yesterday to honour and remember Anzacs.

With his dad's medals proudly pinned to his chest, Julian Price waits to join the parade. Townsfolk are still spilling out of Mackenzie Community Centre in Fairlie, surprised to see rainclouds replaced by autumnal sunshine.

Thousands of New Zealanders and Australians have gathered at Gallipoli to pay tribute to the men who went through 'suffering and horrors' to carry out their duty.

One person died at today's dawn Anzac service in Wanganui.

Thousands of people assembled outside the Auckland War Memorial Museum this morning to commemorate New Zealand's "contribution to freedom".

Thousands turn out to services across New Zealand to commemorate on Anzac Day.

On the day to remember the fallen, huge crowds gathered to pay their respects in Mt. Maunganui.

Watch highlights from the Auckland War Memorial Museum as thousands gathered to commemorate New Zealand's "contribution to freedom". courtesy Maori Television

Motor racing has always been a family affair for Aucklander Richard Moore.

'At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them." Another Anzac Day - although it's not the big one - next year will be the centennial of that dreadful exercise in military futility known in English as the Gallipoli Campaign.

The daughter of a World War I veteran is distraught after her father's medals were lost by a courier company.

Kiwis commemorate April 25 as one today, from the child learning about war history, to the veterans who saw fighting at close quarters

Youth representatives and children of Gallipoli veterans will receive 100 special passes to Gallipoli Centenary celebrations next year.

A wet spell during Anzac Day will clear away by the weekend as a front departs and a large high builds across the country.

Sir Tony Robinson was in New Zealand recently as part of his new television series retelling the war stories of our ANZAC veterans in the lead up to the commemoration of 100 years since the world war.

He carried an injured Gurkha for 54 hours through thick jungle and swamp. He then hid the wounded soldier and later returned with a search party. Lieutenant Colonel John Milbanke Masters was named as New Zealand's inaugural Anzac of the Year, an award recognising comradeship, courage and commitment. It was recognition of a life in which Masters put others first, from life-saving deeds on the battlefields of Indonesia, which earned him a Military Cross, to campaigning for the rights of Vietnam War veterans exposed to the defoliant Agent Orange.

Anzac Day shopping laws should be a "blueprint'' for all holidays in which shops are required to close, the Retailers Association says.

Click here for a full list of Anzac Day services around New Zealand.