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100 Kiwis Stories: Kiwi at home on foreign battlefield

66: Sheep farmer Percy Overton was 37 when he sailed for war in October 1914.

Isis on rise in fragile Libya

"Urgent. Soldiers of the Islamic State captured 21 Christian crusaders," was a barely noticed statement issued on social media last month by Isis - not in Syria, Iraq, but in Libya.

Tribute to WW1 casualty

Nation's first battle casualty

One hundred years ago today, a skinny young labourer from Ngatimoti died on a dusty field on the other side of the world.

100 Kiwi Stories: Legacy from the battlefield

65: Evan Hudson's family made sure he would not be forgotten.

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.

'We have to take them on'

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says New Zealand is regarded as family and he hopes it will become actively involved in the fight against the Islamic State.

Sir Richard Taylor to create piece for national war memorial

U-boat's secret mission to NZ

Seventy years ago today, a German submarine went on an unsuccessful search for ships to sink in New Zealand waters.

100 Kiwi Stories: Pilot first to win Victoria Cross

58: He was a dashing English gent of Maori descent with a daring need for speed, who became the first airman to win a Victoria Cross in World War I.

100 Kiwi Stories: Men of the cloth not spared from conflict while doing their duty

57: One hundred and forty chaplains accompanied New Zealand forces to war.

100 Kiwi Stories: Captain a real Anzac hero

57: Important chapters in Alfred Shout's life took place on both sides of the Tasman and he is remembered with pride in New Zealand and Australia.

War ends but the battle goes on

The war is officially over, victory secured. And Afghanistan, once again, has been rebuilt. But for many, life in the restive provinces is much as it ever was.

Kremlin denies deaths in undeclared war

Anton Tumanov gave up his life for his country, but his country won't say where and it won't say how.

West can't rely on a White Knight

There is a scene in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass in which Alice meets the White Knight who is wearing full armour and riding a horse which he keeps falling off.

Father begs son's Isis captors for mercy

The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Isis after his plane crashed pleaded for his son's release, as reports emerged that the jihadists were preparing to publicly execute him.