Rebecca Nelson was busking on a Devonport street when a man approached her with a curious proposition.

Jamie Simpson grew up with family stories of his great-grandfather - now he will follow in his footsteps for the centenary commemorations at Gallipoli this Anzac Day.

Australia has sent special forces and intelligence agents to Turkey as part of security measures for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli.

Some of Hawke's Bay's oldest war veterans could miss big public centennials marking the Gallipoli landings because the Anzac Day service in Havelock North has been scrapped.

On April 25, New Zealanders around the world will commemorate the centenary of the Anzac landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

For most Kiwis, Gallipoli is synonymous with the deaths of thousands of our men at the hands of enemy forces. But Nejat Kavvas has a very different perspective.

On the centenary of the conflict, should NZ apologise for its part in an invasion that claimed 86,000 Ottoman Empire lives - almost twice the number of Allied soldiers killed?

Aidan Smith will join 24 other young Kiwi youth ambassadors travelling with the New Zealand Defence Force to Gallipoli for the centenary of the Anzac landings.

Nothing will stop 86-year-old Syd Hunter fulfilling his dream of visiting the peninsula where two of his uncles fought.

Kiwis attending the Gallipoli centenary should be prepared for a long and arduous day before the official commemorations kick off.

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

The Herald is publishing a series of video diaries to mark the Gallipoli centenary. This week, we’re telling the stories of five New Zealand residents with strong ties.

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

Neil Finn has re-recorded the 1940s Kiwi classic Blue Smoke — a song written and first played on a WWII troopship with lyrics about a soldier’s hopes to return home — with one of the musicians who played on the original.

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

Nature hadn't been placed on the guest list for an Anzac service in the Auckland Islands on Sunday, but she turned up anyway.

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

In 1942, when young radio operator Johnny Jones was sent to Auckland Islands as a radio operator, he recalls a country on edge.

On March 26, the last of the southern coastwatchers, John Stuart Jones, was to have voyaged to the Auckland Islands with an expedition to restore his old home in Ranui Cove.

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Prince Charles and Prince Harry will represent the royal family at the centenary Anzac dawn service in Gallipoli.

Herb Christophers and wife Marguerite at Queens Wharf yesterday before they joined the liner Queen Elizabeth for its journey to Gallipoli.

One million coloured coins will be released next month to mark the centenary of the Anzac landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is releasing a legal tender coloured Anzac circulating commemorative coin to honour the spirit of Anzac that was formed at Gallipoli 100 years ago. One million of the special 50-cent coins have been minted and colour stamped by the Royal Canadian Mint, using a special high-speed pad printing process which generates sharper, more detailed coin imagery than traditional inkjet printing.The Anzac coin is the first circulating coin in the world to utilise the revolutionary printing technology. This video footage was supplied by Royal Canadian Mint.

Australia's fallen Kangaroos are running scared of the Kiwis all the way back to Brisbane, but this time they have gone way too far.

Jack Tame writes: John Mulgan died on Anzac Day, 1945 - an intentional morphine overdose, three days before the end of the war. Today he lies in a quiet cemetery in Cairo.

We all know John Key is susceptible to brain fade when it comes to historic events, writes Brian Rudman. But to forget what happened at Gallipoli 99 years ago does suggest he should really start upping his ginseng and cod-liver oil intake.

More than 600 extra people are eligible to take part in Gallipoli 2015 celebrations, thanks to a reallocation of tickets.