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Battle of Crete commemorated NZ Newswire May 20, 2013, 4:01 am Hundreds of New Zealand soldiers who died at the Battle of Crete will be honoured at a service to mark the battle's 72nd anniversary. Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and politicians
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Gallipoli ballot seen as fair Natasha Jojoa Burling, Newstalk ZB May 14, 2013, 1:32 pm The allocation of passes for the 100th anniversary commemorations at Gallipoli is being seen as fair...Massey University war studies professor Glyn Harper says the
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AFP Thousands of people who have booked and paid to attend the Anzac Day centenary dawn service in Gallipoli in 2015 stand to miss out because only a restricted number of tickets will be issued via a ballot. The federal government has warned people
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Gallipoli soldiers under a ballot system that will select 10,000 people to attend Anzac Day centenary commemorations. But 500 special representatives will bypass the ballot to take part in the 2015 milestone. Widows of Gallipoli diggers will be paid
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Places will be available for surviving widows of Gallipoli veterans, their descendants and Australian and New Zealand citizens...That's about double the number who attended commemoration events on Gallipoli this year. Advertisement Registration for
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NSW war memorials will be forced to work with veterans in a bid to educate them about Anzac spirit and history. The plan, under which offenders could be compelled to maintain war memorials, assist with tours or work with the RSL Corps of Guards, will
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Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg has backed calls by former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer to posthumously promote Sir John Monash to the rank of field marshal. Frydenberg, who described Monash as one of the greatest Australians in an opinion piece in
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THE Anzac legend counts for little to modern day Kiwis who want to join the Australian Defence Force. Due to an apparent anomaly in the Defence Instructions, the 648,000 New Zealanders living permanently in Australia are barred from joining either
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Yesterday's Anzac Day saw the usual strong turnout at dawn ceremonies, to mark an occasion that is already displacing Waitangi Day if we can believe the newspaper polls as the de facto day on which we celebrate our national identity. If that is the
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Search Education April 25th in Australia is Anzac Day when we remember the Verterans. I recently received this in an email from an unknown original author, and although it specifically refers to Anzac Day, the sentiments expressed are as applicable
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