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100 Kiwi Stories: NZ's first dashing fighter ace

46: Clive Collett had flown nearly 1200 hours in dozens of different aircraft when he took to the air in a captured German plane over the Firth of Forth.

Four Sydney brothers join Isis terror group

Four brothers slipped out of Australia last week to join the fight with Islamic State (Isis) in Syria.

A spy called Genevieve

An agent who evaded the Nazis to send coded messages to Britain is to be honoured by France. Andrew Stone writes about a modest war hero who lives quietly in Auckland.

Great War foes united in death

The World War I memorial unveiled this week in France remembers those who perished on both sides.

Services to mark end of slaughter

Armistice Day commemorations of the end of hostilities on the Western Front in World War I will involve services around New Zealand at 11am today.

100 Kiwi Stories: Cool soldier led by example

44: Hastings-born George Masters took part in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 before being posted to Europe. His bravery was recorded in the London Gazette

Post-Gaddafi Libya a lawless mess

When Tuareg fighters swept into Libya's biggest oilfield, they displayed the exuberance and eccentricity typical of fighting in the country.

Richie's grandad in new archive of vets

Military records and images of thousands of NZ veterans - including Richie McCaw's grandfather - are being publicly released to mark Armistice Day.

Big events treated as terrorist targets

The Cricket World Cup and the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings are being treated as potential terror targets by New Zealand and Australian Governments.

John Armstrong: Key has reason to move cautiously

The possibility of NZ soldiers taken prisoner and appearing in beheading videos does not bear thinking about, let alone electorally, writes John Armstrong.

Key to sketch Isis response

John Key says any NZ commitment to the campaign against Isis in the Middle East would be for a long time, pointing to the 10-year deployment of troops to Bamiyan.

UK starts paying off WWI debt

One hundred years after the outbreak of World War I, Britain plans to repay some of the debt issued to help finance the conflict.

High spirits - then the reality

On board the troop ship Aparima in 1915, Neville Hawkes was in high spirits as he penned a postcard to his little brother.

Revolt 'main Isis threat'

A large-scale uprising by people living under the totalitarian regime of Isis (Islamic State) is the most likely trigger that will lead to the undoing of the self-declared caliphate.

Foreigners flock to fight for Isis cause

Clashes as Israel shuts holy site

Palestinian leaders accused Israel of an act of war in closing the sacred Temple Mount religious site after a dramatic rooftop ambush of an Arab accused of trying to kill a far-Right Jewish activist provoked rioting.