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Labour Party and Ratana movement continue old alliance

Labour and its partner parties say they aim to better the lives of Māori

Children unearth boat relics

Landlubbers' house-boat attracted controversy at East Auckland beach.

Brian Rudman: Show will go on in PM's absence

COMMENT: Doom merchants predicting disaster during PM's absence need to take history pill.

The H Files: Migrant murdered for money, opium

Victim was quiet Chinese gambler who gave icecreams to children.

The H Files: A former lover, an axe and a man called Suzy

The H Files: Aucklander who killed for love was sentenced to life for manslaughter.

Charmed to death: Bride's chilling killing

Auckland woman paid terrible price for believing conman's story.

Slum killings: Freemans Bay and inner west

The Herald looks back at six central-Auckland killings in the 1940s and 1950s.

Mystery behind Blackbeard's ship revealed

'The fact that they're literate doesn't mean they're not terrible, marauding people.'

Will the real St Nicholas please stand up

Do you recall Saint Nicholas of Myra, the man behind Santa Claus?

Mystery solved: WWI sub with missing Kiwi found

Sub vanished off the coast of New Guinea in 1914 with 35 crew aboard, including a Kiwi.

Victoria Cross medal thief granted parole

Back before a parole board last week, Ronnie Van Wakeren was granted parole.

Ruapekapeka battlefield archaeology dig reveals British grave

Archaeological dig finds remains of 12 young British soldiers and sailors at Ruapekapeka

British graves found at historic Northland battle site

The remains of 12 British soldiers found in Northland burial plot after 171 years.

Fred Frederikse: 'Little Britain' thrives on unity

Co-operation and open borders secure unity of 'Little Britain'

The hunt for Zealandia, our lost continent

Continent of Zealandia was always there. Why did it take a century to prove it?

Leighton to retire after generation at the mic

Departing broadcaster spans generation of revolution in radio.