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VIP treatment for vets
Veterans returning to battlegrounds in Egypt for a 70th anniversary next week have been promised business-class quality flights and silver service.
Escaping Syria's civil war
Former NZ diplomat Warren Searell called Damascus home until the Arab spring made life far too dangerous. This is his story.
Attack of the drones
Report highlights increasing use of 'double-tap' tactics which are terrorising an entire population with death from the skies.
Space tight for Gallipoli centenary
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?
Afghan arrest a 'morale boost'
The grandfather of a Kiwi soldier killed in Afghanistan has welcomed the arrest of a senior Taliban member connected to the attack.
Doping: The bicycle thieves
Sports writer Dan Coyle tells Phil Taylor about his long battle to cut through the PR myths surrounding Lance Armstrong and organised doping in cycling.
Irfan Yusuf: Protesters out of step with Koran
Irfan Yusuf says if Muslims took time to see just how bad the video is, they might realise it's not worth getting so upset about.
Did Kiwi troops in Afghanistan die in vain?
With our troops pulling out of Afghanistan next year, one big question remains on whether the mission was worth it. Richard Jackson and Alexander Gillespie debate the issue.
Fallen soldiers' bodies return from Afghanistan
The three soldiers who were killed in a bombing in Afghanistan on the weekend returned home today in an emotional ceremony in Christchurch. Corporal Luke Tamatea, 31, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, 26, and Private Richard Harris, 21, died instantly when a 20kg roadside improvised explosive device destroyed their Humvee in Afghanistan's northeast Bamiyan Province on Sunday.