Danielle Wright details some of the best Anzac parades and services in Auckland for families.

Elisabeth Easther talks to navy veteran Fred Wilson as he prepares for Anzac Day events, and asks what he loves most about living in Devonport.

As the number of living New Zealanders who have actually fought in a war declines, attendance at Anzac Day ceremonies continues to rise and ever more books about military history are published. Jim Eagles looks at the latest offerings.

New Zealand league coach Stephen Kearney has tried to get Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata to talk to his troops for some time and that wish finally became a reality when he joined them for the team's dinner.

A relieved Air Force flight lieutenant says he is still "haunted'' by a helicopter crash on Anzac Day 2010 that killed three crewmen and seriously injured a fourth.

A military tribunal has heard from more than a dozen pilots that the actions of a lead pilot on the morning of a fatal air crash were reasonable.

A military tribunal has been told an Air Force helicopter squadron treated standard orders like guidelines that gave good "generic guidance" rather than absolute orders to obey before a fatal crash three years ago.

An Air Force squadron was warned before a fatal helicopter crash on Anzac Day three years ago that the practice of flying under low cloud contravened Air Force rules, a tribunal was told today.

A pilot leading a formation of Air Force helicopters during the Anzac Day tragedy was following his training in flying below low hanging cloud, a tribunal has been told.

The pilot in charge of a formation of Iroquois helicopters when one of the choppers crashed on Anzac Day has pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligence.

The Dunedin City Council has agreed to let bars to stay open for the first hour of Anzac Day so Aerosmith fans can have a nightcap after the band's gig at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Anzac Day has a new song - a three-minute piece written from the point of view of families who have lost someone.

Senior air force commanders are under investigation over the Anzac Day tragedy which left three staff dead and another seriously injured - but there is only a month left to lay charges.

The military inquiry into the firefight in Afghanistan that left two soldiers dead is unlikely to be made public, the New Zealand Defence Force says.

Plans to hold a kick-boxing tournament at Gallipoli on the eve of Anzac Day have been slammed as "totally inappropriate" by the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association.

New balloting rules will mean 2000 New Zealanders get the chance to go to Gallipoli in 2015 for the 100th anniversary of the battles.

New Zealand has been allocated 2000 of the 10,000 places available for the 2015 dawn service at Gallipoli - guess which country gets the rest?