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Govt will consider Erebus trip

The Govt will look into a way to allow the families of those killed in the Erebus disaster to visit the crash site, John Key says.

Nazi-era record recognised

Butterflies symbols of anti-violence campaign

Conflict claims 8900 in 20 years

100 years since Mt Aspiring triumph

Today marks 100 years since the first ascent of Mt Aspiring, New Zealand's highest peak outside the Aoraki-Mt Cook region.

The Bayswater revolutionary

An anti-apartheid musician huge in his homeland is now living quietly in our midst.

Hudson to play Winnie Mandela

<i>Bryan Gould</i>: All Blacks' proud history mirrors our growth as a nation

Is it the end of the road for Route 66?

Known as the Main Street of America, on account of the myriad communities that prospered along it, Route 66 is perhaps the most famous road in the history of tarmac.

Republican charged with 1977 army officer murder

Phar Lap caught in bronze at full gallop

A slightly larger-than-life bronze statue of the gelding Phar Lap is today to be shipped to Timaru, near the famous racehorse's birthplace.

Nice words, Winston, but you still flunked the exam

<i>Jim Hopkins</i>: What you can't change you can reinvent

<i>David Broome</i>: Remembering our debt to those who fought

Outsiders may derail Treaty progress - Ngapuhi leader

Back to the Wall for heroes of yesterday

Walesa and Gorbachev join Chancellor Merkel on walk of memories.