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White knuckle life of maniac's body double

Ignoring lessons from history proves deadly

Campaign to clear Morant gathers pace

Death and the maiden: The tale of 'Tangiwai'

It might be a film named for our greatest rail disaster but <i>Tangiwai</i> is also a tragic tale of love and cricket.

Fiction Addiction: Introducing 'Caleb's Crossing'

Geraldine Brooks very nearly missed the inspiration for her latest novel, this month's feature book <i>Caleb's Crossing.</i>

Kiwi cops leave for historic China murder trial

Fiction Addiction: 'The Larnachs' review

All pain, no gain for hip patients

An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.

Bathed in ancestral light

A new book and exhibition by photographer Fiona Pardington examines the historic - and now derided - practice of taking casts of people's heads to study their brains. Some were her ancestors.

Not-so lucky immigrants

Aussie actor David Wenham delves into a dark side of his country's past.

Paul Thomas: I'll take boring over US loony extremes

Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?

Meurant hid clown-bashing cop

Thirty years ago a South African rugby tour divided the country. As the 1981 Springbok team prepares for a reunion, a top police officer reveals the story behind an attack on three protesters.

The rugby tour that split us into two nations

It is 30 years since the 1981 Springboks flew into New Zealand. For 56 days the country was bitterly, even violently divided. Today we hear from two pivotal figures from opposite sides of the conflict.

First-aid kit in shipwreck reveals millennia-old practices

Fiction Addiction: The Larnachs - fact or fiction?

The historical novel is history-lite, the easiest of entrées into another time and place.

Editorial: Appropriate to tread warily on kaitiaki claim