A painting that symbolises the pain and tragedy of the failed World War I Gallipoli campaign was sold yesterday to an undisclosed bidder.

79: When World War I broke out, Harper was a 35-year-old father of two and partner at a well-established Christchurch legal practice.

The mystery of how a giant flag that flew at Gallipoli a century ago came to hang in a New Zealand church has been solved by a naval historian.

I first met Reverend Harold Good eight years ago in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Spare a thought for our Prime Minister. The price of "club" membership is to take New Zealand into a war not of our making, training troops who were once our enemy.

78: As HMS Queen sailed towards Gallipoli Peninsula, anxious troops sat holding their helmets under a giant white ensign fluttering in the morning breeze.

He looks downwards and shakes his head in response to my question, "What do you hope for?"

Once the stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi, the coastal town of Sirte has now been transformed into a symbol of the insidious rise of the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Libya.

77: Father James Joseph McMenamin served selflessly and paid the ultimate sacrifice as a Catholic chaplain to the Armed Forces in the Great War.

76: Charlie Savory was one tough rooster. He had a reputation for never taking a backward step in not one, but two, rugby codes.

Police have apologised to the families of three London girls who flew to Turkey to join Isis (Islamic State) in Syria after it emerged that officers failed to alert them that a schoolfriend of the trio had left to join the militants.

75: It was late in the day before New Zealand appointed war artists to document the conflict.

It is spring in Tokyo, but Toshiko Takagi cannot bear to see office workers sitting beneath cherry blossom in the parks that dot the Sumida district where she lives.

One of the lesser-noted points in Prime Minister John Key's speech last year on the New Zealand response to the crisis caused by Isis was that "we will be looking at further assistance to meet....

74: Conditions on board the troopship SS Arawa were stifling.

The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has announced it is joining Isis by apparently releasing an audio statement swearing allegiance.

The Protected Objects Act plays an important role in safeguarding this country's heritage. But there will be times when the ministry should not be straitjacketed by the act.

The bravery of 14 NZ soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross during WWI have been commemorated by the UK government.

Les Munro's World War II medals could prove a visual inspiration and reminder to all young New Zealanders of the stuff that real heroes are made of, writes Peter Bromhead.

'It's not every day you get a note on behalf of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.' Service medal arrives for brave Stan.

A protector of New Zealand heritage has stepped into the plans of Kiwi "Dambusters" veteran Les Munro to auction his war medals.

One of only two Kiwis to take part in the famous "Dam Busters" air attack during World War II is to auction his medals to raise money.

The mother of Mohammed Emwazi realised seven months ago that her son was the masked killer known as Jihadi John but failed to tell the authorities.

Prime Minister John Key says he is not aware of any suspected war criminals from the former Yugoslavia in New Zealand but says "I'm sure someone will look into it".

A Palestinian family of six sleep in one bedroom in a cramped, damp and mouldy three-room home.

Somehow the word 'American' makes it not only acceptable but epic, admirable, even glorious and certainly ordained by a Christian God, especially given that Clint Eastwood directed.

Prime Minister John Key says he is not aware of any suspected war criminals from the former Yugoslavia in New Zealand.

Labour leader Andrew Little told Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in their private meeting that Australia's air strikes against Isis in Iraq make sense.

As many as one million people could flee Mosul in northern Iraq if the Iraqi Army, backed by US air strikes, seeks to recapture the city this year, aid agencies have said.