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Running the Turkish gauntlet - with mules

Garibaldi Bitossi spent seven months in the living hell that was Gallipoli. Yet the Hunterville veteran never wore his medals, nor attended Anzac Day commemorations.

Sir Peter re-creates battle

Sir Peter Jackson has re-created his most epic battle scene yet, with a giant Gallipoli diorama.

100 Kiwi Stories: Gun mishap failed to mar sterling career

85: Major was one of the "A" Battery commanders when a 101-gun royal salute in Auckland's Albert Park backfired in June 1911, injuring four.

How the navy helped build the Anzacs

The Anzacs fought for seven months on the beaches and in the trenches of Gallipoli's Sari Bair range.

Gallipoli: Wellington formally symbolises bond with Turkish town

Forgotten 'French' hero

James Waddell is one of New Zealand's most decorated military heroes - but few have heard much about him.

Gallipoli 100: Abbott to join NZ event

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will make his second official visit to New Zealand next week to take part in the Anzac centenary commemorations.

Gallipoli 100: Anzac Week events begin

A week of official events marking the centenary of the Gallipoli landings begins on Saturday with the opening of national war memorial park, the Government announced today.

100 Kiwi Stories: Mother never forgot only son

84: Ten years after World War I, Frances Rolfes finally got to see the cross which marked her Hermann Rolfes's grave. Mrs Rolfes had never forgotten her only son.

Gallipoli 100: The Anzac ceremonies

Our countdown begins to the 100-year anniversary of the Anzac landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

100 Kiwi Stories: Night rider tried his luck one time too many

82: The 38-year-old Scot George Waugh, who could be "sharp and sarcastic" according to his personal file, was not the only serving vet to die in unusual circumstances.

100 Kiwi Stories:Mother of 10 carried sad burden

81: Nellie Knight outlived six of her ten children. Of the seven sons she bore, four of them were casualties of war.

100 Kiwi Stories: Poignant letters from front

80: Letters addressed to wives, mothers, fathers, sisters and relatives, they provided a censored glimpse of the conditions facing the troops.

Gallipoli work fetches $257k at auction

A painting that symbolises the pain and tragedy of the failed World War I Gallipoli campaign was sold yesterday to an undisclosed bidder.

100 Kiwi Stories: Lawyer was a true All Black 'Original'

79: When World War I broke out, Harper was a 35-year-old father of two and partner at a well-established Christchurch legal practice.

WWl: Church flag mystery solved

The mystery of how a giant flag that flew at Gallipoli a century ago came to hang in a New Zealand church has been solved by a naval historian.

100 Kiwi Stories: Ensign reminder of Gallipoli landing

78: As HMS Queen sailed towards Gallipoli Peninsula, anxious troops sat holding their helmets under a giant white ensign fluttering in the morning breeze.

100 Kiwi Stories: Chaplain's courage inspired many

77: Father James Joseph McMenamin served selflessly and paid the ultimate sacrifice as a Catholic chaplain to the Armed Forces in the Great War.