It's as if the medical examination questions when you signed up for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force were designed to remind a man of precisely what he stood to lose when he enrolled to fight ...

Modern and traditional forms of storytelling will evoke the First World War at a special event in Palmerston North this Friday to mark 100 years since the renowned battle of Chunuk Bair – one of the ...

Even if the New Zealand soldiers had hung on when they captured Chunuk Bair, it was never going to win the campaign, says a top Kiwi historian. The bloody fight for Chunuk Bair was New Zealand's ...

Hundreds of people have gathered on the Gallipoli Peninsula to remember the battle of Chunuk Bair, which left 850 New Zealand soldiers dead. Hundreds of people have gathered on the Gallipoli Peninsula ...

REMEMBRANCE: Beverley Johnston of Carterton views the new Chunuk Bair exhibition on display at the Carterton Events Centre. PHOTO/CHRIS KILFORD A Carterton history group is paying tribute to the men ...

New Zealand Defence Force contingent leader Lieutenant Colonel Mike Duncan told the Herald the contingent - made up of the NZDF Band, Maori culture group, Youth Ambassadors and catafalque guard of ...

Many of the great events that nations celebrate are often the glorious defeats in which noble soldiers fight to the last man. New Zealand secured a place in history with the disastrous battle of ...

The Battle for Chunuk Bair was the New Zealand Expeditionary Force's most significant action in the Gallipoli Campaign. It was part of the August offensive, in which the Allies attempted to seize the ...

Sombre ceremonies have been held across New Zealand to mark 100 years since the battle of Chunuk Bair at Gallipolli. Chair of the National War Memorial Advisory Council, Rear Admiral David Ledson, ...

Veterans' Affairs minister Craig Foss says preparations for the Battle of Chunuk Bair centenary service at Gallipoli are going well. He says Chunuk Bair was the site of the New Zealand Expeditionary ...

Auckland Council is hosting a commemorative public service this Saturday 8 August to mark the centenary of the Battle of Chunuk Bair. Chunuk Bair, one of the three high points on the Sari Bair range, ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from World Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. NEW Zealand historian Ian McGibbon says the common belief that holding Chunuk Bair could have ...