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Royal encounter for veterans' families

The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry have met relatives of veterans of the Gallipoli Campaign who 100 years ago were on the eve of history.

Royals' stirring readings in honour of fallen

Reporter Kurt Bayer sets the scene for those on home soil as the first centenary commemoration winds down, a world away.

Historic site first to play host

The first of the Anzac commemorative services is well underway, as Kiwis start to rise to commemorate our fallen heroes here on home soil.

Key in Gallipoli: 'Pride and sadness'

A tour of Gallipoli's battlefields has left Prime Minister John Key sad, sobered and immensely proud.

'I am ordering you to die'

If a New Zealand commander had told his troops at Gallipoli, ‘I am not ordering you to fight, I am ordering you to die’, it’s unlikely that he’d be remembered by towering statues or commemorative coins.

Maria Armoudian: Honour all victims of Turkish brutality

A slice of the real Turkey

Nicola Lamb will never forget a special lunch with the locals at a small Turkish Village.

City ready for friendly Anzac invasion

Canakkale, a bustling, tourist-student town the size of Dunedin, has already filled up with New Zealand and Australian officials, dignitaries, and local visitors for Anzac Day.

Turkey: Steeped in yesteryear

Modern history is a presence in Turkey that confronts visitors, writes Brett Atkinson. For Kiwis, though, the welcome is always warm.

Lost medals on way to Gallipoli

One hundred years after a Tauranga mill-hand was cut down by machine-gun fire high on Gallipoli Peninsula, his war medals have been reunited with his descendants.

Gunman's girlfriend on CCTV

New video footage has emerged which is believed to show the fugitive widow of one of the French gunmen at Istanbul Airport.

Paris march's unlikely Charlies

There were some unlikely “Charlies” on yesterday’s march for democracy and freedom.

Living conditions worsening as services collapse

Isis' vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control.

Tycoon's death mafia work?

Friends of Scot Young, the tycoon who died in a fall from his fourth-storey London flat, have claimed that he owed millions of pounds to the Russian and Turkish mafia.

Turkey: The best of Istanbul

This ancient city teems with magnificent architectural history, writes Nicola Lamb.

Pope's problem the size of a palace

Pope Francis faces a diplomatic quandary when he visits Turkey, after Turkish architects urged him not to set foot in a 1000-room palace built by the President.