A garden made for contemplation on a World War One battlefield where New Zealand soldiers faced "hell on earth" will be built here and shipped to Europe.

COMMENT: Paul Thomas is from a remarkable family of eight boys and three girls. All eight boys served in the New Zealand army. Five saw active duty.

Watch NZH Focus: A Kiwi face transplant surgeon has lead his team in transplanting two donor arms to a retired marine who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan.

Lawyers and activists in the Philippines fear that drug users who sign up to the government's amnesty end up on so-called "kill lists".

India has started constructing underground bunkers along its frontier with Pakistan in Kashmir amid fears they are preparing for a major escalation.

Up to 100 New Zealand soldiers' bodies could be brought home from overseas, after the Government confirmed it was reviewing its policy on repatriation.

It has long been suspected that Adolf Hitler's frenzied speeches were fuelled by cocaine and other powerful stimulants.

Russia-US relations fell to a new post-Cold War low as the Obama Administration abandoned efforts to cooperate with Russia on ending the Syrian civil war.

Colombians voted today in a historic referendum on whether to end the longest running civil war in the West.

Like many of the 400,000 items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall since 1982, sculpture of soldier's head has a story to tell.

An explosion in New York yesterday that saw 29 people injured has been labelled intentional after a second device was found, Trans Tasman Resources face more opposition this morning as a petition to halt all seabed mining is delivered to parliament, and Lydia Ko takes home another trophy.

The 100th anniversary of the First World War in France has been marked in a formal ceremony in Wellington this morning.

'I love stories when long lost items are repatriated to their owners or relatives, but being someone who could solve the mystery was a surprising thrill,' says Milne.

Among the headstones of those who never returned home, hundreds gathered in the tiny town of Longueval, in northern France.

Watch NZH Focus: Liam Malone storms ahead to win his second gold of the Paralympics in the the Men's 400m T44 in Rio. Prince Charles honours thousands of soldiers from New Zealand and other Pacific islands killed 100 years at Battle of the Somme. And Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail after a bout of pneumonia that side-lined her for three days.

It's 100 years to the day that New Zealand troops joined the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Prince Charles paid tribute to New Zealand's role in war.

The death of a 1-year-old Nigerian baby had many authors - Boko Haram's viciousness, his own government's negligence, and starvation's relentlessness.

It's 100 years to the day that New Zealand ground troops joined the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Kieran Campbell is in France for the commemorations.

Watch NZH Focus: Leaked emails show the former US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s contempt for both major presidential candidates. Two trucks carrying aid from Turkey have arrived in the northern Syrian town of Jarablus. And the European Space Agency says its mission to chart more than 1 billion stars is on track.

A memorial service marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in which more than 2000 New Zealand troops died.

It is a tiny badge but its significance is harrowing to comprehend.

While Gallipoli resonates more strongly with Kiwis, the casualties at the Somme were worse - where more than 2000 died and another 6000 were injured.

Watch NZH Focus: Donald Trump launches an attack on Hillary Clinton saying “ You cannot run for President if you have such contempt in your heart for the American voter and she does”. The former British PM, David Cameron is standing down as a member of Parliament immediately, triggering a by-election. And North Korea is ready to conduct another nuclear test at any time, that’s according to the South Korea's Defence Ministry.

The story of Gallipoli is the one most often told but New Zealand experienced deep sorrow on the Western Front too.

Watch NZH focus - Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was unwell and seen "fainting" at a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11. At least 90 people are dead after airstrikes continued to rain in north-western Syria. And hundreds of firefighters are battling to contain wildfires on the northern Greek island of Thassos.

The organisers of a record art fundraiser, which raised $1 million to save an historic soldiers' church in Auckland, are celebrating a new achievement.

George W Bush's reaction to the 9/11 attacks in America has been detailed in full for the first time by his press secretary.

Watch NZH Focus: President Barack Obama says Republican Donald Trump isn't qualified to be president and "every time he speaks that opinion is confirmed. Actress and UN Special Envoy Angelina Jolie attends a UN peacekeeping conference in London. And Turkey suspends more than 11 thousand teachers over their suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party.

Comment: What has the so-called 'War on Terror' achieved a decade and a half after 9/11?

COMMENT: The word on the streets is that Islamic State (Isis or Isil to its many enemies) is going under.