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Te Papa $1.2 million treasure damaged in transit
And it's not the only piece to be damaged in the past 18 months.

Illegal bike tracks carved into historic Mt Victoria in Auckland
The tracks have caused extensive damage to the mountain, which is a protected site.

Letters: Traffic-free cycle ride wonderful
The whole of human history will undertake a violent swerve. -- L.E. Fitton

River canoes feature in museum reshuffle
Project is part of 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour first visiting NZ.

Teuila Fuatai: Let's teach our young to put history in context
COMMENT: Iwi leader believes country's future lies with everyone being tangata whenua.

'Radium girls': the women who glowed in the dark
While the work seemed glamorous, there was a dark side that quickly turned deadly.

The plane crash that saved your life
A humble scientist was told "it's not your job" before having his invention installed.

Human evolution: The 'iconic' 3.8 million-year-old skull
The skull, probably a male's, belonged to a species called Australopithecus anamensis.

Audrey Young: How latest privacy breach will impact on PM's Government
Bernadette Cavanagh will be mortified at such a blunder so soon after starting her job.

'Critical error' in Captain Cook's grisly end
Exactly 251 years ago, the explorer set off on a Pacific voyage that changed the world.

Comment: 'Deadly' China warning we're all ignoring
Comment: Major crisis is looming, but the rest of the world seems intent on looking away.

True story behind 'Snow White' fairytale
Just like the fairytale, it's all about a beautiful young girl who grew up in a castle.

RSA applies to move historic cenotaph
RSA wants Citizens' War Memorial moved to Cranmer Square.

Diaries reveal gruesome find of Antarctic explorer's body
'I've never seen anything worse in my life,' an Antarctic adventurer wrote at the time.

Local Focus: Kaitiakitanga, guardianship and biculturalism
Contemporary views on ancient concepts. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

War veterans' memorial plaques stolen for drug money
Woman admits theft of 37 brass grave plaques from Springston Cemetery after Anzac Day.

Letters: Trade wars' flow-on effects start to show
Around one third of government bonds are now offered with negative interest rates.

Insane reasons women were locked away in the 19th century
When Elizabeth disagreed with her husband she never expected to be locked up in an asylum.

Medieval mystery: No one can solve this puzzle
In a vault in the basement of a library in Connecticut lies a book no one can read.

Taika Waititi's Nazi satire making Disney nervous
Could Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit be too hot to handle?

Work to begin on Auckland's Korean Garden project - 10 years after its launch
Korean Garden Trust finally granted resource consent last month.

Woodstock pictures resurface 50 years later
Long forgotten photographs of the 1969 Woodstock music festival have resurfaced.

Nuclear veterans' descendants sought for study
Mururoa veterans' families may have been affected by their parents' exposure to radiation.

A sneak peek in Te Papa's archives - what the public don't see
There are 2.2 million items in Te Papa's collection.

To catch a Nazi: How an American lawyer is chasing justice
When McKay Smith started researching WWII, he never expected to find this.

David Fisher: Archives NZ's guardianship of our past under threat
Comment: Our national archive is in trouble and all of government needs to help fix it.

Stunned scientists: Meet Hercules, the giant parrot that stalked NZ
Hercules the Unexpected was nearly half the height of a human and too big to fly.

The space-age mercury rectifier powering our ancient elevator
Possibly the last in the world, Whanganui lift hits 100. Made with funding from NZ On Air.