A statue of Sir Keith Park - the New Zealander who led the RAF during the Battle of Britain - has been unveiled in London.

The King of Pop and Vampires will be a common sight as trick-or-treaters head out around the country tomorrow.

The retirement of Green firebrand Sue Bradford this week is exposing hidden rifts in the party.

Conservationists say a bungled makeover of Bolivia's Akapana pyramid could see the ancient structure collapse.

Five school students who tearfully apologised to war veterans for worshipping Nazi symbols will now teach museum visitors about the Nazis' atrocities.

A group of students will apologise to staff at the Auckland War Memorial Museum and explain why they were saluting before Nazi symbols.

Once part of the bricks and mortar of Auckland's cityscape, a range of historic buildings are no more. Alan Perrott looks into their rise and fall.

'Wolf Hall' - a rip-roaring historical tome about Thomas Cromwell - has won the $68,000 Man Booker Prize.