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Iran: 2000-year-old technology stands the test of time

Jill Worrall discovers a haven for royalty and an ingenious irrigation system in the desert city of Yazd.

Plan to shift Deco houses 'an insult'

Racing: Herlihy to be Mr 3000

St Heliers homes unlikely to be relocated

Three art-deco homes in St Heliers at the centre of a furore over Auckland's heritage preservation are unlikely to be relocated, Auckland Council chief executive says.

$7m raised for Scott's hut

Archives lift lid on Fletcher business history

Experimental possum farming?

Human remains thought to be from Nazi euthanasia project

Austria announced plans to exhume graves containing the remains of 220 suspected victims of Nazi Germany's infamous euthanasia programme yesterday.

Iran: Banana-flavoured beer in an enclave of religious tolerance

Tell people you're visiting an Armenian church in Iran and chances are you'll get some doubtful looks.

For revellers, the Civil War wasn't about slavery

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> City leaders fail the character test

Tribal body seeking power to negotiate

Beer ad hard to swallow

An ad campaign that describes how brewing magnate Morton Coutts was inspired to create DB Export has been dismissed as a "figment of an ad man's hangover" by writers and historians.

<i>Peter Bills</i>: Bouquets and background checks

Chill revives memories of bitter battle

Winter in Belgium's Ardennes will forever be linked with Nazi Germany's last great offensive of World War II.

Two mountains named after NZ scientists

Council to debate heritage order for art deco houses

There were heated scenes at an Auckland Council meeting this morning as protesters tried to stop a heritage demolition.