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Oscar Garden, New Zealand's forgotten aviator
Oscar Garden was the fastest Kiwi to fly from England to Australia.
Puzzling 35-year cold case: Fresh leads on Trades Hall bombing
Police hope modern technology can help catch a killer who has long evaded justice.
Five words sum up Federer's Wimbledon grief
It's hard to imagine a tougher loss to swallow for one of the game's greats.
Revealed: The extraordinary three-hour mercy dash to get Moon footage to NZ
NZers saw moon landing on TV thanks to Kiwi ingenuity and complex trans-Tasman effort.
King's notoriously jealous mistress
The scandalous life of King Charles II's favourite mistress.
'Mind-blowing': Literary detective uncovers forgotten Katherine Mansfield story
Dr Martin Griffiths came across the story in a 1910 edition of The Sydney Star.
Marianne & Leonard: Tale of romance heartening and heartbreaking alike
Sadly, Marianne Ihlen not given her due in documentary of Cohen relationship.
James Cook statue vandalised with the words 'Thief Pakeha'
A Captain James Cook statue that has been vandalised in Gisborne has controversy online.
Changes afoot at legendary Otiwhiti Station
Otiwhiti Station is an iconic Rangitikei farm steeped in history.
Creepy relic 'most dangerous in the world'
'The Claw' is so dangerous only a handful of people know where it is.
Five myths about the Chernobyl disaster
Many people died and no, nature isn't thriving in the zone around Chernobyl.
Injured climber's rescue delayed by pigeon trouble
Injured climber's 1906 Kiwi crawl to survival foreshadowed 2003 film Touching the Void.
Barry Soper: So what could a Kiwi utopia look like today?
Comment: New Zealand, the land of milk and honey.
'Indefinite mothballing': $67m St James revamp stalls
"The current situation ... remains at a standstill." - heritage manager Noel Reardon
Opera House renovation hits high notes
Intricate tile renovation echoes craftsman of old. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The Pākehā slave captured by Māori as a child
Few are familiar with the trafficking of Europeans in 19th-century New Zealand.
England's most sex-addicted kings
King Edward VII was said to have at least four women a week for 50 years.
Bomb squad alert after man brings home live artillery shell
Finder embarrassed that neighbours from seven Yaldhurst homes had to evacuate.
Auction for rare New Zealand history documents sells for $500,000
Hundreds of rare documents and books went under the hammer.
I asked one thing: Will my actions harm little children?
I can't let this criminal behaviour represent America. That is not who we are.
Rare documents from NZ history to be auctioned
A rare collection of early New Zealand printed material has been put up for auction.
Auckland's Matariki Festival tells the stories of Waikato-Tainui
A spectacular light display on the Harbour Bridge tells the story of those first arrivals.
Think yesterday was cold? Looking back on NZ's coldest day
At -25.6C, New Zealand's coldest day, in 1903, caused frostbite and burst bottles.
Remembering NZ's third deadliest earthquake 90 years ago
The 1929 Murchison earthquake's victims were mostly killed by landslides.
Divorce 1919 style: All on show in court
A builder, his wife, a sheep farmer and a messy Wairarapa divorce case.
David Seymour says Govt wants to 'censor thoughts', debuts new-look Act
The Act Party conference is held in Auckland today.
Eerie story of the Black bird of Chernobyl
In the days leading up to the Chernobyl disaster, workers claimed to see the "Black bird".
Inside the night Rob Muldoon called a snap election
COMMENT: Never has a politician appeared in front of cameras in such a drunken state.
Teaching New Zealand Land Wars connects students to land and tīpuna
For the last 15 years Janene Allison has told the stories of the Land Wars to students.