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Sergeant Suzanne “Sue” Gingles visited Rarotonga representing the New Zealand Remembrance Army at the unveiling of the “plaque of gratitude” for Anzac World War I heroine Ettie Rout.

Tributes paid to Dominic Abelen, the first New Zealander to die in the conflict, who was on leave without pay from the defence force

The off-duty Kiwi soldier killed in Ukraine never told his family he was going off to fight, his father said today while paying tribute to a kind, gentle

The Defence Force and Corporal Dominic Abelen's father have released statements on Abelen's death. His father said he was proud of his son for "standing up and doing what he thought was right".