Soldiers, veterans, politicians and a small group of protesters have gathered for the dedication of the Australia Memorial at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.

The 93-year-old 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz' will go on trial tomorrow charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Auschwitz prisoners.

The Pentagon announced that remains of nearly 400 US servicemen killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour are to be exhumed for identification.

An advance party of about 85 Australian and New Zealand troops left Australia yesterday in a joint training mission now called Task Force Taji.

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

The last surviving Dambusters pilot has spoken of an overwhelming sense of responsibility to preserve the memory of the RAF Bomber Command who fought and died in World War II, as he gifted his war medals to an Auckland museum.

Victoria police said the medals were located yesterday by Australia Post, and it appeared they had not been stolen.

While the doomed World War I escapade needlessly cost tens of thousands of lives, Gallipoli helped forge the early identity of the Maori in fledgling NZ.

Eight New Zealand veterans have been awarded the French Legion of Honour for their bravery and commitment in World War II.

At least 2000 women have been abducted by Boko Haram, detained in prisons and houses and subjected to forced marriage, stonings and sexual slavery.

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

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

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.

Herbert A. Knight, a young man who had shown great promise in his hometown of Wanganui, was shot down on May 8, 1915.

My great-great-uncle Francis Woodhouse was just 17 when he enlisted to go to war. I bet if he had the luxury of regrets, that would have been his biggest, writes Anna Leask.

Police on both sides of the Tasman are hunting a thief who pinched 12 medals awarded to a Kiwi Anzac who served at Gallipoli.

A New Zealand soldier's Gallipoli war medals have been stolen from a package sent to Dunedin from Australia.

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.

83:The Holz brothers — Ernest, William and their younger brother Allan — signed up for war on the same day.

For Rachael Alp the centenary is an opportunity to learn more about her great-grandfather, one of the first people to enlist for active service at the High Commission in London.

A university museum in Japan has broken a seven-decade taboo on discussing the dissection of live American prisoners of war by medical personnel.

The fighting in Yemen threatens to cause widespread hunger and thirst and displace huge numbers of people.

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.

Agency and United States military personnel have been pulled out of Yemen amid escalating sectarian violence in recent weeks.

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.

A huge camp-out at Ellerslie Racecourse that was to mark the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings has been canned just weeks before the event.