New ZealandGun turret was 'eaten by ants'What has happened to the gun turret of the Achilles which was on display at a scrap metal yard in Neilson St in Onehunga?16 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandVolcanoes, elephant built the cityA fledgling Auckland was not only built on volcanoes but created from them - through the hard graft of Maori stonemasons, prison inmates and a royal elephant named Tom.13 Mar 04:00 PM
New Zealand100 years since first NZ marlin hookedIt has been 100 years since the first marlin was caught in New Zealand waters on a rod and line, and game fishermen are celebrating the occasion in the Bay of Islands.12 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldBlossoms hide awful truthIt is spring in Tokyo, but Toshiko Takagi cannot bear to see office workers sitting beneath cherry blossom in the parks that dot the Sumida district where she lives.10 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionRussell Stone: City's birthday of choice fits it perfectlyThis year Auckland very successfully celebrated its 175th birthday. But did we celebrate on the right day?09 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldThe Emperor rides once again in ParisOn March 20, Napoleon Bonaparte will once more set foot on the cobbled streets of Paris, the staging point of his plan to rout his enemies and recover the empire he lost.08 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionHerald on Sunday editorial: Medals should remain in NZThe Protected Objects Act plays an important role in safeguarding this country's heritage. But there will be times when the ministry should not be straitjacketed by the act.07 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldHistorian accuses Allied troops of mass rape in GermanyHundreds of thousands of German women were raped by British, American and French soldiers after the end of the Second World War, a German historian has claimed.07 Mar 01:44 AM
TravelA long history of going placesAn exhibition about the Kiwi overseas experience shows New Zealanders have been exploring the world since the early 1900s.03 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandLiner's voyage marks Gallipoli centenaryThe Gallipoli centennial starts on the Auckland waterfront on Friday when the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth sets up a "poppy wall" which will sail with the ship to Turkey.23 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandAuckland's 175th anniversary: Over the rainbowAuckland and NZ have won international fame for our America's Cup and round-the-world yachtsmen. Suzanne McFadden charts the way the city and gulf have helped our sailors graduate from banana boxes to world-beaters.20 Feb 04:00 PM
EntertainmentHappy in 'Dream' job at 94There was only one thing that mildly irked Joyce Irving when she got her performance schedule for A Midsummer Night's Dream: she wouldn't appear every night.11 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionPaul Moon: A post-Treaty era likely to bear lasting fruitsHistorians and prophets, by the nature of their vocations, tend to look in opposite directions, writes Paul Moon.02 Feb 04:00 PM
New Zealand100 Kiwis Stories: Kiwi troupe who made the grim times bearable64: War-weary soldiers forgot their troubles when they saw the New Zealand Pierrots take to the stage.01 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandThe bridge that nearly sailed awayFew people know just how close the Auckland Harbour Bridge came to being lost in the very body of water it was designed to span.30 Jan 04:00 PM
WorldAncient plan to hit SydneySpain planned to attack Britain's new colony in Australia with a 100-vessel armada as part of an operation to "take the fight to the British in the Pacific", documents show.27 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionChelsea Bond: Australia Day ought to be for everyoneOpinion: The disconnect I feel on Australia Day is not a rejection of history. Rather, it is a rejection of the privileging of one version of history at the expense of another.26 Jan 04:00 PM
WorldAuschwitz survivors remember horrorsJozef Paczynski recalls the "welcome" speech the deputy commandant of Auschwitz gave on his arrival in 1940, down to the last chilling word.26 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentEx-spies infiltrate Hollywood"When I left the CIA, if you were going to ask me, 'Would you write about espionage?' I'd say, 'Absolutely not.' So why are former CIA officers turning up in Hollywood?25 Jan 09:13 PM
New Zealand100 Kiwis Stories: Tough man of the Somme dies in Africa62: William Clachan was made of tough stuff. The Wellington schoolteacher was wounded three times on the Western Front.25 Jan 04:00 PM
KahuMorgan lays down Treaty challengePhilanthropist and economist Gareth Morgan has set out two challenges to the Government at his first visit to Ratana Pa.22 Jan 03:08 AM
New ZealandConvictions for damaging historical siteTwo companies responsible for digging up an archaeologically significant early Maori site have today been convicted and discharged by a judge.22 Jan 02:36 AM
New Zealand100 Kiwi Stories: Kiwi part of 'hush-hush brigade'61: Today we might call them special forces. When Robert Kenneth Nicol joined a top secret British Army unit in 1918, it was known as the "hush-hush brigade".21 Jan 04:00 PM
KahuMorgan: Get radical on race issuesPakeha nearly "exterminated" Maori and need to make good on the intent of the Treaty - including compulsory te reo in all primary schools, Gareth Morgan says.21 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentLost Hitchcock documentary releasedA lost documentary Alfred Hitchcock made about the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps during World War Two has finally reached screens thanks to movie mogul Brett Ratner.19 Jan 02:30 AM
WorldAuschwitz survivors remember horrorSurvivors who escaped the gas chambers at Auschwitz have remembered the horror of the infamous Nazi death camp 70 years after liberation by Red Army soldiers.19 Jan 12:26 AM
New ZealandPioneers' 10,000 relatives meetWith now more than 10,000 descendants, the first Hansens' place in history was acknowledged at a major reunion of about 1200 family and friends in Manukau on Friday and Saturday.18 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandStaff paid heavy priceFew major institutions in Auckland's history devoted 82 per cent of their staff to a war.17 Jan 04:00 PM
