Long reads

My grandfather arrived at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915, the day the Wellington Infantry Battalion captured Chunuk Bair. This is his story.

Remembering 2nd Lieutenant William Henry Comper, who died 4 Oct 1917, in the Battle of Broodseinde.

The extraordinary life of James Pomeroy, inventor.

The diary and letters of a New Zealand officer in World War One.

Edna Shemesh is an award winning writer, literary reviewer and translator from Israel.

Her publications include the novels Hotel Malta and The Sand Dunes of Paris, and Amstel, a collection of short stories.

Experiences of a teenage seaman in the Royal Navy touring Australia and New Zealand on the HMS Orlando and surveying in the South Pacific on the HMS Dart in 1890.

Behind-the-scenes in 2015.

A folk music collection takes us on a trans-Tasman tour.

A treasure trove of images from the production of the film Once Were Warriors.

Posters, programmes, ads and more ephemera from the home front.