Soldiers spent years crawling through toxin-soaked jungles, putting their lives at risk.

Surrealist Art: Masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen begins on June 12.

"I remember the pain, and [Josef Mengele's] cold gaze and his highly polished boots."

The seemingly endless cycle of violence can seem hopeless, but NZ must still respond.

The UN estimates that about 1,000 homes were destroyed in the 11-day war.

UK-Russia relations may be icy now - but it's nothing compared to this 1945 plot.

Israel has vowed to respond with a "new level of force" to any further Hamas hostilities.

Two-state solution 'the only basis to achieve sustainable peace', the NZ statement reads.

The Palestinian militant group has publicly praised Iran for its assistance.

Geoffrey Miller argues that NZ could be helping mediate for peace in Gaza.

Residents awakened by overnight barrage described it as the heaviest since the war began.

The air strike demolished the building in Gaza City housing the media outlets.

Kids cry in fear as group of Israeli cops force way into a Palestinian family's home.

Violence erupted in Gaza this week, but the conflict's origins go back decades.

Sexual abuse by humanitarian workers is "systemic" around the globe, British MP says.

Israel has massed troops along the Gaza border and called up 9,000 reservists.

'All sides have a responsibility to de-escalate', Nanaia Mahuta said.

As rockets from Gaza streak overhead, Arabs and Jews fight on the streets.

This round of violence, like others, was fuelled by conflicting claims over Jerusalem.

"People were dropped over the ground like leaves," Abune Mathias says.

New Zealand could eventually come under real pressure to pick a side.

Longer poppy appeal after last year's online success. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'If 17th Ruahine can't be recorded here, it can't be recorded anywhere'.

One of the Australia's top national security officials is calling for action.

Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police have become a nightly occurrence.