Tag: ANZAC Day
Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter
RNZ Pacific
An Anzac memorial service was held above the site in the South China Sea where a Japanese freighter -- which had been carrying...
Tributes made to Anzac and Pacific soldiers killed in world wars
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Anzac dawn ceremonies have been held across the Pacific region, with tributes paid to both Anzac and Pacific Island...
‘Tears always fall’ – Cook Islanders remember their fallen Anzac heroes
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
In the early 1940s a young Sergeant Alexander Brown from Mangaia, Cook Islands, was killed in action.
"His siblings, all...
New lessons about old wars: keeping the complex Anzac Day story...
ANALYSIS: By Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury
What happened on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey 108 years ago has shocked and shaped Aotearoa New Zealand...
Anzac Day remembered at dawn services across the Pacific
RNZ Pacific
Pacific countries held dawn services today to commemorate Anzac Day and recognise the 107th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli in Turkey.
Tonga paid...
Anzac Day war stories: The horror of napalm in Korea
RNZ News
A New Zealand veteran who fought in Korea told of his experience of war and the horror of seeing napalm used for the...
An Anzac story: Sāmoa’s link to that wartime foreign field
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
In late 1913 one of the most famous men in Britain arrived in Pago Pago.
Rupert Brooke, 26, was...
New Zealanders commemorate Anzac Day under lockdown rules
By RNZ News
New Zealanders are commemorating Anzac Day all around the country in an unique way today.
Services around the country have been shelved and...
Michael Bain: A shameful neglect of our Moruroa campaign veterans
OPINION: By Michael Bain
Last week was ANZAC Day on April 25. I took my kids to the Dawn Service at Auckland’s War Memorial Museum....
Young NZ soldier at Gallipoli for Anzac Day on first trip...
By Sara Stavropoulos
Ruatoria-born soldier Private Christian Hohepa has now travelled a long way since joining the New Zealand Army in 2013.
On his first-ever trip...
Timor-Leste’s veterans to boost Australia ties on ANZAC Day
Twenty-nine veterans of Timor-Leste’s struggle for national liberation will be visiting Australia next week to meet with members of the local veteran community and...
