One of the world's earliest aeroplanes, entombed in ice for decades, has been discovered in Antarctica.

The story of an annual family picnic tradition that stretches back to the start of the 20th century.

Future generations of Aucklanders, and New Zealanders, deserve to enjoy the St James Theatre's splendour, says Bob Kerridge.

A band of historical military enthusiasts dressing up as Nazi bodyguards have been branded ignorant and offensive by the RSA.

Charles Darwin spent nine days in New Zealand in 1835. He disliked the young country, but his experience helped shape his monumental theories about evolution.

Wat a great whimp-out the Government's decision on wether Whanganui should be spelt with an H has been.

Flying the Maori flag should be a cause for celebration, not mean-spirited opposition, says outspoken Maori Party MP Hone Harawira.

Developers maintain plan for apartments and cafe only viable use for old building.

Deborah Hill Cone is impressed by a new series that sees Kiwi families go back in time.

Trying to encapsulate Sir Peter Blake's life, work and achievements in one exhibition was always going to be a huge task.

For the next five years, a team of scientists and Egyptologists from the Getty Research Institute in California will intensively study, then attempt to preserve Tutankhamun's tomb - a great archaeological wonder of the world.

Evidence of mass cannibalism in which even children and unborn babies were on the menu has been uncovered in Germany by archaeologists.