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We toured the country to ask punters what we should be allowed to joke about. The answers may surprise you

Rimutaka march re-enactment organiser and former army chef Robert "Tweet" Bird at the summit in 2015. “It’s made me quite angry. As a historian I think it’s disgusting, despicable behaviour. Many of the men photographed could well have died overseas fighting for their country and to disrespect their honour like that, it’s beyond criminal.” Featherston was home to significant military camps during both world wars in the 20th Century and soldiers undertook the arduous march over the R...

Stuff Tens of thousands of American soldiers were stationed in New Zealand during WWII and tensions flared with their Kiwi counterparts on more than one occasion. Here US Marines march through the streets of Wellington in a route march past Oriental Bay where they stop for a breather (Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library) Whether it was the fog of war, military censorship or just a case of not letting the truth get in the way of the good story, but common tellings of the infamous Battle of Manners...