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Focus: Children's Holocaust Memorial Exhibition opens at the National Library in Wellington
The Children's Holocaust Memorial Exhibition opens at the National Library in Wellington. The exhibition includes interactive displays, portraits of victims and an artwork display featuring 1.5 million buttons, representing the number of Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust.
Artist uses muddy van to create incredible Armistice Day tribute
His young son asked him to do something for 'poppy week', so he created this masterpiece.
Battles re-enacted for Armistice Day
Soldiers camped out Armistice day commemorations. Made with funding from NZ on Air
Wooden Wonder: WWII Mosquito gets to fight another day
The dilapidated remains of the plane were shipped to Auckland for restoration.
Unsung heroes: The medics of World War I
Fighting to keep soldiers alive was a force of brave medics.
Bells toll for Armistice Day
Belltowers around the country will ring to commemorate the Armistice Centenary.
John Roughan: Armistice ends a centenary of reading
COMMENT: Let's be honest, we live in awe of the Great War.
Gallipoli medal won, century later
Corporal John McIntosh Fraser was one of the thousands of Kiwi soldiers killed during WW1.
WWI Armistice: A century of war and peace
As the world marks 100 years since the end of WWI, nationalism is on the rise.
David Broome: Epic feats at WWI's end belong in NZ legend
COMMENT: The last week of the war brought victories we have largely forgotten.
11 VC winners from New Zealand
Eleven men in NZ armed forces were awarded in the Victoria Cross in WW I
The Liberation of Le Quesnoy: Full six-part documentary
Jude Dobson presents the full story of the Kiwi liberation of a French town in WWI.
Dark side of new deadly cult show Waco
When 76 people burned to death inside a cult compound, many blamed the US government.
What will shake or boost stock markets this month
COMMENT: Will this be a November to remember, or one investors will want to forget?
Unsung hero -- the Whanganui soldier who led one of NZ's most famous military victories
Forgotten hero - former Whanganui man at the front-line of the liberation of Le Quesnoy
Last-minute dash to Le Quesnoy
Descendant of Kiwi commander at Le Quesnoy makes France trip at last minute
Top Auckland school mourns WWI fallen
Jude Dobson reflects on the tragic deaths of two young men in the final days of the war.
Le Quesnoy is getting a fine NZ war memorial
EDITORIAL: At last New Zealand is getting its own museum on WWI battlefields.
Rev Clive Mortimer Jones: confidant, counsellor, consistent friend
Part five: Clergy on the front-line.
Kate Middleton makes emotional visit to London's Imperial War Museum
The Duchess of Cambridge has viewed letters relating to her relatives who died during WWI.
Liberation of Le Quesnoy: Sergeant Reginald Hird
In war, love matters. It keeps you going in the hope things will get better.
Brian Rudman: Lest we forget ravages of our own un-civil war
COMMENT: The colonial wars of the 1800s had a much greater influence than World War 1.
First man over the wall - How Kiwi soldiers rescued French town in WWI
Jude Dobson remembers Leslie Averill, the first Kiwi soldier to go over the wall.
Greg Moyle: We'll have a fitting memorial at Le Quesnoy
COMMENT: New Zealand needs a memorial museum in France to record its war effort.
'This is the place where the blood of New Zealanders was shed like nothing on earth'
Watch: A new museum in France finally marks New Zealand's efforts in the two world wars.
Watch: The French town saved by NZ heroes
Watch as Jude Dobson describes one of the most extraordinary New Zealand war stories.
Alexander Gillespie: Let's not forget those who fell in the NZ Wars
COMMENT: I believe we should extend Anzac day to include the New Zealand land wars.
Sculpture to honour Kiwi sacrifice and bravery in Le Quesnoy
Kiwi bravery and sacrifice will be honoured in a sculpture at Le Quesnoy.
Man arrested for trying to steal the original Magna Carta
The historic document dates back to 1215 and is regarded as the best of four copies.
Our finest hour: The town saved by Kiwis
The British businessman and philanthropist visited the French town for the centenary.
John Tamihere: Milestones that shaped our nation
COMMENT: My generation lived through a golden period of New Zealand history.
Cheating on big scale is good business
As many as 31 million university students worldwide pay third parties to complete work.
The story of NZ's first and only mass school shooting
95 years after the tragedy, all that remains are memories and the graves of two boys.