In war, history always repeats
Greytown's 100-year-old Royal NZ Navy Commander Richard Harding on his wartime experience.
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Defence Force U-turn on Anzac Day parade celebrations
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Memorials held on Turkey's Gallipoli to remember WWI deaths
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Her grandad died on a WWII battlefield. She'll hear his voice for the first time today
"It's a very unique link to a person we never knew".
Focus: Granddaughter of Lieutenant Colonel Love on recordings he made before being killed in action
Susan Love de Miguel, granddaughter of Maori Battalion CO Lieutenant Colonel Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai Love, about recordings he made before being killed in action. Video / Mark Mitchell
'Anzac spirit': True origins revealed in new NZ book
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Opinion: How Anzac Day reflects an ever-changing New Zealand
Anzac Day gains new meaning and presents new challenges – just as it has always done.
Anzac weather medley: Large swells, rain but mainly dry for dawn services
Anzac Dawn services around Aotearoa should remain mainly dry.
Anzac Day march shortened to take pressure off ageing veterans
Hamilton's Anzac Parade route to be cut by a third to make it easier on older marchers.
Local Focus: Vanished artwork to return
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Labour MP and Act MP push to scrap Easter drinking laws
Labour MP hopes to get enough support to repeal Easter alcohol rules.
Anzac services at Gallipoli cancelled for second year
Instead wreaths will be privately laid at the commemorative sites.
Carillon tower quake report leaves risks unresolved
Wellington Carillon tower review: Quake assessment leaves risks unresolved.
Veterans' Affairs spends almost $15,000 on service cemetery work in Canterbury
Damaged service grave repaired, new headstone installed.
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"If this is war, then let there be no more."
Disturbing question emerges in fatal Anzac Day helicopter crash
Trio in an Iroquois were killed in the 2010 crash on their way to do a flyover.
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Fresh calls for public holiday to mark NZ Land Wars
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Locked down: The four weeks that changed NZ forever
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Blue Smoke: New doco shines light on Pixie Williams
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Amanda McKinlay plays the Last Post on her Grandfathers’ saxophone
Amanda McKinlay plays the Last Post on her Grandfathers’ saxophone he bought while stationed in Italy during WWII. Video / Amanda McKinlay
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Timaru man with dementia plays Last Post on the bugle
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Focus: Robert Halliday member of the Auckland City Pipe Band in his driveway
Focus: Robert Halliday member of the Auckland City Pipe Band in his driveway paying his respects to the fallen on ANZAC day. Video / Sylvie Whinray
Covid 19 coronavirus: Lockdown could change future Anzac commemorations
Kiwis honoured the Anzacs from home in place of cancelled services due to Covid-19.