While there was not much to smile about on the battlefields during World War 2, Phil Smith takes pride in the fact that when soldiers did find reason to bare their teeth, he had helped make them shine.
Syd Herriott has not missed a dawn parade since coming home from the war - and losing his medals, poor eyesight and a few health "hiccups" are not going to stop him now.
A small west Auckland Returned and Services' Association has been robbed of the $2600 it collected through Anzac Day poppy sales.
Dawn service at Cenotaph will begin at 6.15am on Saturday
War memorials abound around the country, often the only markers of localities that sent their young men overseas in service of the British Empire.
A medical dictionary would be helpful when reading Gary Mowat's war pension disability card.
Roy Sefton wants to think positively. He hopes the new expert panel on veterans' health will lead to greater acceptance of the psychological and physical problems suffered by veterans exposed to nuclear tests, and greater compensation for them.
Harry Hedges' wartime exploits read like a Boy's Own adventure.
Darling, don't wait. For those Allied soldiers who were captured early in World War 2, one of the few freedoms they had behind the barbed wire of a Nazi prison camp was the freedom to release their beloved from bonds of affection.
Does New Zealand adequately look after its living roll of honour - the estimated 50,000 war veterans who have served their country in conflicts from WW2 to Iraq? The Law Commission says not, labelling our eligibility and war pension payment systems "very outdated" and "completely inadequate".
A Lancaster crewman who swapped bombs for biscuits and a couple eternally grateful for that mission of mercy met for the first time in Dunedin this month.
Anzac Day community service times across Otago
On the eve of Anzac Day, Queenstown Times book columnist Miranda Spary has been delving into the past for stories about local soldiers.
The proximity of Poppy Day and Anzac Day this year is stretching posy-making and poppy-selling resources.
New Zealand will be represented around the globe by leaders and Defence Force troops when the 94th Anzac Day commemorations take place this weekend.
More than 100 photographs of loved ones who served in various wars have poured in to the Otago Settlers Museum for a planned Anzac "Wall of Memories" display.
Australians are ignoring the NZ in ANZAC, say Kiwi social historians who are calling for more recognition of New Zealand's contribution at Gallipoli.
New Zealanders worldwide will be able to support veterans via a new website this Anzac Day, April 25.
Most New Zealand workers will miss out on having Anzac Day as a paid public holiday this year because it falls on a Saturday.
A new generation of New Zealanders, both here and overseas, is joining in the Anzac spirit by buying a mobile poppy.