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PM preparing for first Gallipoli visit
Mr Key has joined the New Zealand contingent in Turkey, which includes 22 veterans, 23 secondary school students and Defence Force staff.

Season for Anzac tales
Another Anzac Day remembered (this is the 95th anniversary) and another clutch of books with military themes have appeared...

VC hero returns from the war ... business class
Corporal Apiata, who had been serving with the SAS in Afghanistan, touched down at Auckland International Airport at 5.15am yesterday.

<i>Anzac Heirs</i>: A selfless lifetime of service
This year, the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association has introduced a special award for a New Zealander who best embodies the Anzac spirit.

Gallipoli fraud - they're Kiwis, not Australians
A case of Anzac identity theft has been uncovered 95 years after the Gallipoli landings.

<i>Anzac Heirs:</i> Firm footing on dangerous grounds
The New Zealand operation in Afghanistan has drawn praise from international military commanders.

Veterans in flight to remember
Eddy Marr left his teeth behind in his packing for Gallipoli.

Duo 'out to slay defector'
Authorities arrested two North Koreans for allegedly posing as defectors to South Korea.

<i>Anzac Heirs:</i> Cool heads in hotspots
Our small country has a long record in world peacekeeping.

<i>Anzac Heirs:</i> Snow bound
The NZDF’S Antarctic contingent keeps things running on the icy continent.

Malfunction halts veterans' Gallipoli flight
Veterans on their way to Gallipoli commemorations have been delayed by seven hours after a malfunction on their Air Force plane.

<i>The Pacific</i> offers gritty re-enactment of war
Viewers of The Pacific will be rewarded if they can stand the gritty reality, writes Pacific War veteran Harry Bioletti.