Commemorating as one people
Commemorating as one people
It is no surprise a clear majority of New Zealanders say Anzac Day means more to them than Waitangi Day.
Anzac Day
Making posies for servicemen's and women's graves
Making posies for servicemen's and women's graves
Scouts Cailyn McConnell (10) and Tristan Hurndell (15) wrap some rosemary (for remembrance) in red paper (to signify the poppy) to make Anzac posies yesterday.
Brass plaque reunited with soldier's family
Brass plaque reunited with soldier's family
A lost memento commemorating a World War 1 soldier has been reunited with his descendants, after it was discovered during alterations to a Taieri home.
Journals provide insights
Journals provide insights
The Ocean Lyre, Bubbles from the Thirsty Sevenths, Shell Shocks ... they are just some of the many troop ship journals that give insights into the recesses of World War 1 soldiers' minds as they were shipped off to the front lines.
Full ranks hoped for at posy-making
Full ranks hoped for at posy-making
Making more than 4000 posies out of rosemary to put on servicemen's graves on Anzac Day is expected to leave those handling them yearning for a roast lamb dinner tonight.
Poppy appeal takes to streets
Poppy appeal takes to streets
How war should be remembered is the subject of a public forum at the University of Otago the day before Anzac Day, next week.
In the names of the fallen
In the names of the fallen
The fallen recorded on the Otago Peninsula Soldiers' Memorial deserve to have their names remembered, journalist and historian Ron Palenski writes.
Demand prompts dawn service
Demand prompts dawn service
A dawn service to commemorate Anzac Day will be held by the Queenstown Returned and Services Association (RSA) for the first time in living memory.
New war memorial park for capital
New war memorial park for capital
A National War Memorial Park will be developed in the middle of Wellington to mark the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli, Prime Minister John Key revealed this morning.
Author wades into Anzac row
Author wades into Anzac row
The author of a book cited when New Zealand journalist Jock Anderson called Australian World War I soldier "bludgers, poachers and thieves'' says he doubts Mr Anderson has even read it.
Meet the digger who came back from the dead
Meet the digger who came back from the dead
Now just shy of his 90th birthday, Mosgiel resident Jack Irvine well remembers the day he found out he was supposedly dead and buried.
10,000 at Dunedin dawn service
10,000 at Dunedin dawn service
An estimated 10,000 people gathered around the cenotaph in Queens Gardens this morning for one of Dunedin's largest Anzac Day dawn services.
Anzac Day marked across NZ
Anzac Day marked across NZ
Huge crowds have turned out for Anzac Day celebrations this morning as dawn services fast become a rite of passage for young New Zealanders, the RSA says.
Campus service turnout pleases
Campus service turnout pleases
About 1000 people gathered in the sun in front of the University of Otago's much-photographed clocktower for the inaugural Otago University Students Association (OUSA) Anzac service yesterday afternoon.
'Last Post' performer long player
'Last Post' performer long player
They say practice makes perfect, but Palmerston resident Bill Lester begs to differ.
Difficult times for Germans who did not support Nazis
Difficult times for Germans who did not support Nazis
At the age of 3, Anna Skeet, of Alexandra, walked from one end of Germany to the other with her mother and a younger cousin, hiding out in bushes and barns while avoiding bombs and capture by foreign soldiers.
Talk adds a 'new dimension'
Talk adds a 'new dimension'
Former Dunedin resident Lieutenant Joseph Lamb, who died at the Western Front the day after his 24th birthday, in 1916, is forgotten no more.
Video: Anzac Day dawn parade in Dunedin
Video: Anzac Day dawn parade in Dunedin
Video by Gregor Richardson
Bomb scare fails to disrupt Auckland dawn service
Bomb scare fails to disrupt Auckland dawn service
Crowds gathered at the Auckland War Memorial Museum for a dawn service were unaware police had received a threat a bomb would be planted at the cenotaph.
RSA clubrooms to rebrand after Anzac Day
RSA clubrooms to rebrand after Anzac Day
Returned Services' Association (RSA) clubrooms around the country will be rebranding their clubs after Anzac Day in an attempt to attract more club members.