Anzac Day viewing

Maori TV is again leading the way with its Anzac Day programming. Check out these Anzac-related programmes on TV this year.

Monday April 24 ARTS

Messages Home, 8pm: Documentary in which a collection of short video messages from British soldiers to their loved ones recorded in Burma during World War II are shown to veterans and their families.

Tuesday April 25 MAORI TV

The Auckland Dawn Service, 5.50am: Tainui Stephens and Oriini Kaipara outline the day’s programming before crossing live to Auckland War Memorial Museum for the Dawn Parade and Service. Beyond The Battalion, 6.45am and

repeated at 7pm: Funded by NZ On Air, this documentary looks at a little-known documentary film about a 1977 pilgrimage to World War II battlefields. Our Bloodiest Day, 8.05am: Documentary about the loss of New Zealand lives at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. The Ghosts We Brought Home, 10am: Documentary about three Vietnam War veterans and how their experiences affected them and their whanau.

Anzac Cove Service, 2.30pm: Live coverage of the Gallipoli Dawn Service from Anzac Cove, Turkey. Hitler And The Gum Diggers, 4.35pm: Documentary about those in the 28th Maori Battalion’s A Company, known as ‘Gum Diggers’. Anzac Highlights, 6pm: Highlights of the Dawn Service from the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

TVNZ 1

Children Of Gallipoli, 9am: Documentary in which two young New Zealanders whose relatives fought at Gallipoli visit Turkey to meet two young Turks whose family members were also at Gallipoli. Anzac Day 2017 – National Commemorative Service, 11am: Live coverage of the National Commemorative Service from the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.

HISTORY

Gallipoli: When Murdoch Went To War,

7.30pm: Keith Murdoch, the father of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, was alleged to have written a letter which influenced the Gallipoli campaign. This documentary seeks to uncover the story behind the letter. The Australian SAS: The Untold Story,

9.30pm: This new series looks at the history of the Australian Army’s special forces unit.

RIALTO

25 April, 8.30pm: Billed as “an animated documentary”, this New Zealand-made film, called 25 April, is about the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign in which thousands of lives were lost.

VIBE

Deadline Gallipoli, 8.30pm: This Australian drama looks at Gallipoli through the eyes of a group of war correspondents.