Apology for branded poppy
Apology for branded poppy

An Anzac Day poppy posted on social media has been criticised by the RSA after it was branded with a skincare company's…

Thousands march to honour the fallen
Thousands march to honour the fallen

New Zealanders young and old remembered those fallen in battle at Anzac services around the world.

Anzac Day: 'I lost a lot of mates, and today I remember them all'
Anzac Day: 'I lost a lot of mates, and today I remember them all'

Tank driver Alan Burgess and foot-slogger David Smith "hated each other" in the war. "They thought us tankies made too…

Thousands attend Anzac Day services
Thousands attend Anzac Day services

Bad weather didn't stop hundreds from attending the national Anzac Day commemorative service in central Wellington today…

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Stretcher bearer braved machine gun fire
Stretcher bearer braved machine gun fire

Private Herbert Nolan Flowerday was one of two family members to be awarded a Military Medal - but to…

Anzac Day: One family, 42 soldiers

The making of one family's Anzac sacrifice of dozens of its young men to the mud, barbed wire and trenches of the Western…

Centenarian leaves cane at home

A 102-year-old who has not missed marching in an Anzac Day parade since returning from service nearly 70 years ago will…

Veterans revisit 'end of beginning'

Scars run deep for soldiers in the Battle of El Alamein, a bloody clash that was a turning point in the war.

Paul Moon: We need to feel the hurt to know the loss
Paul Moon: We need to feel the hurt to know the loss

The Hobsonville War Memorial Park reclines on the corner of Hobsonville and Ockleston Roads in Hobsonville…

Sunday Insight: Windswept memorial

Charlie Cowan was one of the lucky ones. Aged 18, he enlisted for the second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and he survived…

Fifty year anniversary for medics

Anzac Day will mark 50 years since the start of New Zealand's longest-running contribution to the Vietnam War - an effort…

Anzac's memory keeper

The gravestones stand in neat rows, divided by lush strips of clipped grass and attended by flowers. All that hints at the…

Huge crowds turn out for Anzac commemorations

Kiwis here and around the world have turned out on Anzac Day to mark the the 97th anniversary of the World War I Gallipoli…

Leaders slam 'thieving Digger' slur
Leaders slam 'thieving Digger' slur

Transtasman political leaders have condemned a Kiwi journalist for calling Australian World War I soldiers…

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