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![100 Kiwi Stories: Tunnellers first on Western Front](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
100 Kiwi Stories: Tunnellers first on Western Front
9: They were the first New Zealanders on the Western Front, arriving in France in the cold spring of 1916.
![Clinging to dreams amid carnage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Clinging to dreams amid carnage
Wearing a bright hijab, black blazer and long denim skirt, Mariam Abultewi sat in a taxi she had just ordered using Wasselni, a taxi-ordering and carpooling app she launched in Gaza four months ago.
![Paul Moon: Look closer to home for cause of WW1](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paul Moon: Look closer to home for cause of WW1
Even while "the monstrous anger of the guns" was hauling millions to their death, the blame game was already well under way.
![WWl: Cyclist called up to the frontline](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
WWl: Cyclist called up to the frontline
6: James Thomson Steven was a tall farmer from Totara Valley at Pleasant Pt in South Canterbury when war broke out.
![Israel - declare victory or push on?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Israel - declare victory or push on?
Israel is approaching a fateful decision on what to do when it completes the stated initial goal of its ground offensive: locating and destroying Hamas cross-border tunnels.
![Kiwi killed in Gaza gunfight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi killed in Gaza gunfight
A young soldier killed in a firefight with Hamas gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip was born in New Zealand.
![Residents return to sea of rubble](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Residents return to sea of rubble
In the dangerous streets around the hospital in Beit Hanoun, the buildings were, by and large, still standing at the start of the weekend. Then, they were gone.
![Isis attacks Syrian bases](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Isis attacks Syrian bases
Isis has used military equipment seized from Iraq in its biggest challenge yet to Assad regime forces.
![100 Kiwi Stories: The first heroes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
100 Kiwi Stories: The first heroes
1.One hundred years ago, a day after Britain declared war on Germany on August 4, its loyal dominion New Zealand announced it too was involved in the conflict.
![Russia to deliver heavier rockets: US](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Russia to deliver heavier rockets: US
The United States says it has evidence that Russia is planning to deliver "heavier and more powerful" rocket launchers to pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
![Israeli tank fires on UN school: 15 dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Israeli tank fires on UN school: 15 dead
At least 15 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli tanks shelled a UN-run school in Gaza.
![MH17: How digital sleuths are unravelling the mystery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
MH17: How digital sleuths are unravelling the mystery
In the agonising quest to pin down exactly what happened when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down over Ukraine last week, Web archivists and other digital sleuths are playing an unusual — potentially pivotal — role.
![Is this what brought down MH17?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is this what brought down MH17?
Ukraine’s security services has released photographs and videos it says show Russian-made BUK-M1 surface-to-air missile systems inside the rebel-held area.
![Brian Rudman: World seems to have learned little in past century](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Rudman: World seems to have learned little in past century
On Sunday I stumbled on War News, the local attempt to retell the World War I story through the eyes of a radio journalist broadcasting live from the front.
![Isis tells Christians to convert or face death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Isis tells Christians to convert or face death
The largest flight of Christians in the Middle East since the massacre of Armenians in Turkey during World War I continues as Isis stick to its hardline policies.
![Fear keeps kibbutz children captives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fear keeps kibbutz children captives
The seven children of Kibbutz Alumim, located just 3.3km from Israel's border with Gaza, have a new game.
![MH17: Australia unites to demand action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
MH17: Australia unites to demand action
Australia continued to spearhead international demands yesterday for Russian-backed rebels to allow unrestricted access to the MH17 crash site.
![Israeli airstrike on house kills 20](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Israeli airstrike on house kills 20
The Palestinian death toll in Gaza rose to 508 last night after 20 bodies were reportedly found in a home blasted in an Israeli airstrike in the south of the Gaza Strip.
![MH17: Putin 'needs to stand up' - Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
MH17: Putin 'needs to stand up' - Key
John Key says he is "deeply concerned" by the lack of access to the MH17 crash site and has called on Vladimir Putin to show leadership on the issue.
![Israeli army enters Gaza Strip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Israeli army enters Gaza Strip
Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip killed 10 people, medics say, on day 12 of a major operation against the Palestinian territory.
![Warfare report has era of super-soldier just around corner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Warfare report has era of super-soldier just around corner
Get ready for the age of the Terminator and RoboCop.
![Israel resumes attacks on Gaza](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Israel resumes attacks on Gaza
Israel has resumed its air campaign against Gaza after Hamas rejected a six-hour truce and fired dozens of rockets over the border.
![World War I tribute song penned from the heart](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
World War I tribute song penned from the heart
When Julia Turner watched newsreels of war she imagined how she would feel if it was her brother lying bloodied and bandaged on a stretcher
![How social media became a weapon in propaganda war](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How social media became a weapon in propaganda war
Social media has become one of the weapons of war. The Israeli army, which has been on Twitter since 2009, now has 286,000 followers.
![High civilian toll in Gaza conflict- UN](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
High civilian toll in Gaza conflict- UN
Washington has warned Israel against any ground invasion of Gaza, as the UN says more than 40 of the 176 dead were children.
![Israeli missiles destroy home for the disabled](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Israeli missiles destroy home for the disabled
The residents of the Mobarat Felestin centre for the disabled had just finished suhoor, the early morning meal before a long day of fasting during Ramadan, when the first missile hit the roof.