Willie Apiata has been advocating for five years to have all veterans recognised and compensated for their service.

New Zealand's most-decorated war hero, Willie Apiata, had just gifted him his New Zealand Victoria Cross medal to carry to ...

Whakatāne RSA Padre Raharuhi Koia provides a prayer as Warrant Officer Willie Apiata hands his Victoria Cross medal to ...

After buying the medals for a few hundred dollars, Chaplain Lea discovered they had belonged to New Zealand aviator Sergeant William (Billy) O'Shea, who died during a bombing raid over Hamburg in ...

An investigation of New Zealand’s military history in the period 1899 to 2001. The various wars and conflicts are examined in detail as is their impact on New Zealand’s politics, society and culture.