Shame' over colonial history is seeing valuable threads of the nation's story left to crumble into ruin.

US media question the presence of Destiny Church at a "coveted" time in a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

The skeletons of what is believed to have been a family of five moa have been unearthed in a hidden cave on the outskirts of Whangarei.

When legendary Kiwi crooner John Rowles fleetingly returned home after his 1967 move to England, he found himself welling up.

Waikato is the site of some of our bloodiest historic battles. Dionne Christian takes a look.

New Zealand records dating back 170 years were put online yesterday for the first time - and show that Kiwi men endured a 56-year women drought.

The 38m brick chimney at Victoria Park Market was considered a liability if Auckland was ever struck by a large earthquake.

Editorial: Two events have conspired to cloud the St James' future - but any move to save and restore it should be widely supported.

Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker may have once played a witch in a movie but she didn't know her ancestor was accused of being one.

When it comes to putting a price tag on family heirlooms, one of the country's top valuers says it's not all about the trash-or-treasure television cliche.

Josie Dale visits Macetown to recapture the atmosphere of the goldrush days.

The mystery of a Kiwi officer photographed with a woman in the Somme region during World War I may have been solved.

Karakia and waiata mixed with strains of bagpipes and brass as Korean War veterans from New Zealand and 10 other countries reunited to pay their respects yesterday.

A team of Israeli archaeologists thinks it has found the ruins of a palace belonging to the biblical King David, but other Israeli experts dispute the claim.

Scotland's independence referendum has not just ignited furious debate over the country's future; it has also started a renewed fascination among film-makers.

After 70 years of wondering what he had done wrong to lose his wartime sweetheart, a British man will finally marry his love this weekend.

In a new column, we look at some long-forgotten New Zealand events. Today, the Waikino School shooting of 1923.

In December 1994, 20-year-old Oliver Driver was making his way through the world of improv and piecemeal theatre work when he landed a summer gig at Auckland Zoo.

The township of Puhoi, north of Auckland, this weekend celebrates 150 years since the arrival of the first group of settlers from Bohemia.

Giovanni Palatucci has long been praised as an 'Italian Schindler', but the US Holocaust museum is now removing Giovanni Palatucci from its exhibits after research claimed he was a zealous Nazi collaborator.

Japan's long marginalised and little-known indigenous people, the Ainu, are engaged in a protracted and symbolic struggle.