New ZealandWW1: Sister Anzac and the Naval herstory100 years on from the beginning of the first World War, the Torpedo Bay Naval Museum in Auckland has chosen a theatrical way of commemorating the fallen. Geoff Allen's 'Sister Anzac' tells the herstory of the hospital ship 'Maheno' and the nurses who served aboard. Watch04 Aug 10:30 PM
WorldGoogle gets 'Bomb Gaza' app complaintsGoogle is facing criticism for continuing to allow Android mobile users to download a game called "Bomb Gaza".04 Aug 08:26 PM
WorldIsraeli blast kills leader, unrest risesAn Israeli airstrike killed a militant leader in the Gaza Strip last night, as other flashpoints in the wider Middle East flared up in worrying signs of regional instability.04 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldGaza: Ex-soldiers speak out against shellingMemories of his service along the Gaza border two years ago have been streaming through the mind of Shai Davidovich this week.04 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionKeith Locke: There's nothing great about Great WarOver the next four years we will learn much about World War I and the suffering that went with it.04 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandHistoric WWI proclamation begins commemorationsOne hundred gun shots echoed over Wellington yesterday morning marking the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.04 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandWWI: NZ battle horses paid terrible toll11:They served in horrific conditions, and many of those that survived years of war were rewarded with a bullet.04 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandPM rejects claims Govt is too soft on IsraelPrime Minister John Key is rejecting claims the Government is too soft on Israel and should expel the Israeli Ambassador.04 Aug 05:48 AM
New Zealand100-gun salute marks start of WWIOne hundred gun shots echoed over Wellington today, marking the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI.03 Aug 11:03 PM
New ZealandHonour for sons who didn't return10: Harriet Sutton had five sons go to war. Francis and Benjamin never came home. Buried in foreign fields, the grieving mother worried their short lives would be forgotten.03 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldSecret labyrinth of tunnels and bunkersThe entrance is a deep vertical shaft, usually hidden in a house. It drops down a dozen metres or so before reaching a horizontal passage.03 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandSpecial recognition for WWI burial siteThe neglected burial site of Sapper Robert Hislop, mourned a century ago as NZ's first casualty of World War I, is expected to become an official war grave.03 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandNZ pauses to recall sacrificeOne hundred years ago on Tuesday, a tense crowd of 12,000 gathered at Parliament to hear confirmation of what they already knew - the young nation of New Zealand was going to war.01 Aug 10:05 PM
New ZealandFallen deserve military gravesThe family of a young soldier who was given a military farewell as New Zealand's first casualty of World War I wants his neglected burial site honoured as an official war grave.01 Aug 05:00 PM
New Zealand100 Kiwi Stories: Tunnellers first on Western Front9: They were the first New Zealanders on the Western Front, arriving in France in the cold spring of 1916.31 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldClinging to dreams amid carnageWearing 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.30 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionPaul Moon: Look closer to home for cause of WW1Even while "the monstrous anger of the guns" was hauling millions to their death, the blame game was already well under way.28 Jul 05:30 PM
WorldIsrael - 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.28 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandWWl: Cyclist called up to the frontline6: James Thomson Steven was a tall farmer from Totara Valley at Pleasant Pt in South Canterbury when war broke out.28 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandKiwi killed in Gaza gunfightA young soldier killed in a firefight with Hamas gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip was born in New Zealand.27 Jul 10:00 PM
WorldMH17 investigation abandoned by fightingA Dutch-led investigation team including 11 Australian police officers has had to abandon a plan to visit the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine due to safety concerns.27 Jul 07:08 PM
New ZealandGrave of WWI casualty slowly erasedThe gravestone of a young soldier mourned as New Zealand's first casualty of World War I is so weathered that details of his sacrifice have been erased by time.27 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldResidents return to sea of rubbleIn 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.27 Jul 05:00 PM
New Zealand100 Kiwi Stories: The first heroes1.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.27 Jul 05:00 PM
WorldIsis attacks Syrian basesIsis has used military equipment seized from Iraq in its biggest challenge yet to Assad regime forces.27 Jul 05:00 PM
