Whanganui Collegiate 1st X1 win the coveted Heathcote Williams Challenge Shield

Cycle races were held on the same Auckland circuit at the same time, resulting in tragedy.

The story of the demise of Mary Queen of Scots is more horrendous than you think.

Fears the enemy Russians were coming to New Zealand spurred fake news and forts.

Writers' love letters for some Valentine's Day inspiration

COMMENT: Perhaps a compulsory class in colonial history for MPs is what's needed first.

Clint Rameka dreams of a sanctuary built on a sanctuary.

Hot days in the workshop working with steel and steam. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Comment: My fondest travel memory doesn't have to do with scenery, food or entertainment.

Break out your grandpa's suit or nana's glad-rags. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Comment: Patched street gangs are facing an influx of Australian biker gangs.

COMMENT: Rejoice this Waitangi Day that this nation was not born out of revolution.

Jacinda Ardern welcomes the conversation that has been started by history teachers.

Phoebe Li has taken her popular photographic exhibition on the Chinese in NZ to Waitangi.

The great ocean-going boat builder and navigator Hekenukumai Busby is knighted at Waitangi

Comment: Two hundred and fifty years ago, James Cook arrived off the eastern coast of NZ.

A run-down villa on the closest residential street to the city is on the market.

Comment: The 20th century was hardly short of landmark historical events.

Letters to the Whanganui Chronicle

Aboriginal women were considered fair game to colonisers.

The 7-metre keel, Bandit, built by Sir Peter in 1966 is displayed at the Maritime Museum.

For many the weekend's encounter was a painful reminder of 500 years of conflict.

A birthday document signed by nearly 13,000 Aucklanders has been put online

Pioneer of Highlander condensed milk never found after climb of Mt Taranaki.

Learning their own history has helped Kaipara students to know who they are.

Opito Bay's pōhutukawa poisoner leaves locals furious and searching for likely suspects.

Key data shows that the world is much better off today than ever before in history.

Rubbish disposal rates are horrendous, which is what happens when corporates take control.

A murder, a suspicious death, an armed robbery and a whipping.

The heroic story of the Green guide for black motorists, behind the new road movie.