TravelWest Coast: Digging into the past on the wild West CoastA new venture in Denniston allows visitors to step back 100 years to experience life in the coal mines, complete with ghostly visions and echoes of another era, writes Jim Eagles.29 Apr 12:00 AM
OpinionJim Hopkins: Move over, Don - today it's love and who's wearing what"We have a lot more to remember than you people will ever have." A World War II veteran, speaking on radio last Tuesday.28 Apr 05:30 PM
WorldNo love lost between Turkey and ArmeniaA monument built to celebrate friendship between Turkey and Armenia is being dismantled.27 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandAmerican beauties up for auctionSix striking American cars from a period spanning 40 years are among 27 classic vehicles that will go under the hammer in Sydney on May 2.26 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandYoungest on Hillary's Everest team diesSherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu, the youngest member of the climbing team that first scaled Mount Everest, has died.24 Apr 09:25 PM
New ZealandAnzac Day: World War IIt makes Alfrieda Thompson smile wryly that her war-hero father named her after a girlfriend he had during World War I.24 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandAnzac Day: World War IIWith flames spreading rapidly though his bomber aircraft, 22-year-old Sergeant Jimmy Ward tied a rope around his waist and crawled out on to the wing to douse the flames.24 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: We must keep honouring all who serveIt has been easy to honour service in World War II. No other war, including World War I, has had such just cause.24 Apr 05:29 PM
New ZealandLife and death in Flanders fieldsThe history of New Zealand at war is largely one of ordinary people called upon in extraordinary times - men and women who left their day jobs when their country called them. In <i>Kiwi Battlefields</i>, Ron Palenski tells how one such man23 Apr 05:30 PM
KahuMemories more sweet than bitterThe firefight between a nine-strong patrol and up to 80 Viet Cong was one of the New Zealand Army's bravest battles, facing almost insurmountable odds. Nearly 43 years later, the men of Victor 3 One platoon met again for the first time.23 Apr 05:30 PM
TravelMelbourne: Raiding the lost ark of the boy pharaohGreg Dixon visits a new exhibition of King Tutankhamun's precious treasures in Melbourne.21 Apr 12:00 AM
EntertainmentTV Pick of the week: Anzac Day coverageWhile many will be up early on Monday for dawn services, for those who prefer to stay in their pyjamas, but still pay their respects, Maori Television's Anzac Day coverage starts at 5.50am.20 Apr 07:00 PM
WorldPast still present for African AmericansWhen Confederate forces fired the first shots at Fort Sumter on April 12, 150 years ago, triggering the American Civil War, almost four million African Americans were slaves.15 Apr 10:23 PM
