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Gallipoli expert Richard Stowers uncovered true number of Kiwis who served in bloody campaign 3 May, 2021 09:27 PM 6 minutes to read Richard Stowers in the cockpit of a biplane. His extensive work included writing about New Zealand air aces Cobber Kain and Mac McGregor. Photo / Supplied Richard Stowers in the cockpit of a biplane. His extensive work included writing about New Zealand air aces Cobber Kain and Mac McGregor. Photo / Supplied Waikato News Richard William Stowers November 11, 1951 – April 20, 2021 Graphic artist and military historian Richard Stowers, who died in Hamilton aged 6...

Richard Prebble: Five Eyes fuss ignores the lessons of history 27 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta. Photo / Andrew Warner NZ Herald OPINION: The border crossing between Israel and Lebanon is on a coastal road on the edge of cliffs that plunge into the Mediterranean. I was there to meet a member of the UN Fiji peacekeepers. There was a delay. Looking around, I noticed halfway down the cliff face a railway line. It produced a "how did they build that?" thought. "The British built the railway during the First World War to support their advance...

Dominico Zapata/Stuff Bryan Cox, 96, went from Hamilton Tech to Hiroshima as he fought his way through the Pacific in World War II. There’s the Certificate of Appreciation “for service given to New Zealand”, signed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and then-Defence Minister Ron Mark. There are also pictures of the Corsair fighter, a plane he credits, along with that flash of lightning, for saving his life. It’s a story that starts in 1940, when Cox was in his final year at the Tech, and involves his English teacher, “a chap called Gummy Martin”. “It was the year of the Battle...

NZ-China relations: Jacinda Ardern faces bitter attack by UK writer over Five Eyes commitment 21 Apr, 2021 05:48 AM 6 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern whom the Daily Telegraph has called "tiresomely woke". Photo / Mark Mitchell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern whom the Daily Telegraph has called "tiresomely woke". Photo / Mark Mitchell Audrey Young is political editor for the New Zealand Heraldaudrey.young@nzherald.co.nz@audreyNZH New Zealand faces the prospect of expulsion from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, according to the Daily Telegraph's defence editor, Con Coughlin, wh...

Jacinda Ardern faces bitter attack by UK writer over Five Eyes commitment Jacinda Ardern faces bitter attack by UK writer over Five Eyes commitment Wed, 21 Apr 2021, 6:20PM Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern whom the Daily Telegraph has called "tiresomely woke". Photo / Mark Mitchell Jacinda Ardern faces bitter attack by UK writer over Five Eyes commitment Wed, 21 Apr 2021, 6:20PM New Zealand faces the prospect of expulsion from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, according to the Daily Telegraph's defence editor, Con Coughlin, who says Jaci...