His films tapped into the fantasies of disgruntled youth by embracing brazen sexuality and countercultural politics. But ...

Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Ken Gordon has received a letter from King Charles thanking him for his war service. To mark ...

World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.

I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...

To mark Anzac Day, the Gisborne Herald’s Wynsley Wrigley spoke with Gordon about kamikaze attacks, the exhilaration of combat and seeing Emperor Hirohito during the formal Japanese surrender in ...

As a young woman, Wanderwell circumnavigate the world three times by automobile, living an astonishing life of adventure ...

During World War II, the Japanese forced thousands of women into sexual slavery. Known as the ‘comfort women’, their story is ...

Japan fought the war and invaded large areas of Asia in the name of his grandfather, Emperor Hirohito. The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, as the United States tried to ...