COMMENT: The amazing thing about democracy, when you stop to think about, is that it makes the right decision far more often than not.

A French memorial will be added to the War Memorial Park in Wellington after a winning design was chosen from 43 entries.

On November 11, 1918, at 11am Germany and the Allied forces signed an armistice to end four years of brutal battle, marking the end

Nothing speaks more powerfully to how little NZ has cared about the wars fought here than the almost total neglect of some of the battle sites.

Te Aroha Museum is celebrating 110 years of electricity in the region with an exhibition that will trigger powerful memories for older people. Among the items on display, vintage vacuum cleaners and heaters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: A century ago it was predicted that a moron would one day live in the White House. That prediction has now come true.

Auckland Museum's new gallery, which replaces the beloved Auckland 1866 Centennial Street, is now open.

The NZ Herald wasn't the only paper around the world to go big with the US election coverage.

The rich and famous - and some sex-starved sailors, had a great time until Vesuvius roared, writes Derek Cheng.

Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon has reignited the debate about the name Poverty Bay, suggesting the Maori name should be added. But some locals say that doesn't go far enough. Made with funding from NZ On Air

A new book casts doubt on the history of the discovery of the West Coast's first payable gold.

While many locals found themselves swimming in a pool of misery after watching Ireland make history against the All Blacks in Chicago

Research project to look at the lives of those who died in the 1918 flu epidemic and were buried at Karori Cemetery.

Date chosen to commemorate land wars has special significance for those who say Maori never ceded sovereignty.

The name of a Kiwi soldier executed for mutiny during World War I will finally be added to a war memorial dedicated to mutineers

Dropping a plate or spilling a drink would be bad, but few will suffer this indignity.

The killer who strangled a 13-year-old girl in Auckland in 1976 now appears to have got away with her murder.

Constable Quirke shoots Stanley Graham and brings to an end one of New Zealand's worst mass shootings that killed seven men.

It was 75 years ago this month that West Coast farmer Stanley Graham killed for the first time. A total of seven people would be dead before he was caught.

At the birthplace of the nation, Winston Aldworth and his kids encounter our gritty past.

John Funnell was the search-and-rescue pilot who has saved the lives of thousands of victims, clocking up a staggering 19,000 hours of flight time.

The Woodville community is coming together for the sake of an old railway station under threat. And Kiwi Rail seems likely to agree. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

The Woodville community is coming together for the sake of an old railway station under threat. And Kiwi Rail seems likely to agree. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

The garden will be completed in time for the centenary of Passchendaele, finally a place of peace where far too many young NZers died in the horror of war.

A piece of hallowed ground in Belgium which holds in its grasp the remains of hundreds of NZ soldiers is still claiming victims a century after WWI.

A garden made for contemplation on a World War One battlefield where New Zealand soldiers faced "hell on earth" will be built here and shipped to Europe.

NZ Herald Focus: The $65 million restoration of Auckland's St James Theatre is continuing to unearth secrets of the city's past.

As a gang member held a knife to his throat, Jarrod Gilbert wondered if he was about to die.

COMMENT: We have no right to look back and judge past eras by our standards.

A New Zealand woman received five-star treatment after she was the one millionth visitor to a museum which commemorates a World War