Kiwi scientists have reconstructed more than 34 million years of our climate - including a period when New Zealand was up to 8C warmer - using 2000 samples of fossilised tree pollen.

The palace of the Roman emperor who allegedly torched the imperial city can now be admired in all its splendor after being buried

COMMENT: Why would a Pakeha of Irish ancestry be passionate about the Treaty of Waitangi? Two main reasons, writes Terry Dunleavy.

Since the FBI's "Top Ten" most wanted list was first created in 1950, 512 fugitives have been listed on it. Only 10 of them have been women.

It's taken travelling the world for Napier MP Stuart Nash to realise that there's no better place to raise a family than Napier; and

Former President Barack Obama could rake in more than $26 million in advance for his post-presidential memoir.

All White Houses leak. Sometimes the leaks are big, sometimes small. But there are always people willing to talk to reporters about the "real" story.

Walking tours of the Napier Cemetery, nestled within Napier's Botanical Gardens, reveals a rich history of the city between 1855 and 1917 - a Napier before the earthquake. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The restoration of the hut included repainting it in its original bright orange and yellow colours.

The "Kawhautahi dragon" - said to have attacked a party in 1892 - is a NZ "cryptid", an animal whose existence can be neither proved or disproved, writes Paul Charman.

The CIA has finally made public previously top secret files including about 4000 records about New Zealand.

Three shearers from different corners of the country have smashed a world shearing record - 1611 strongwool ewes between them in just eight hours. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Strongman mine disaster happened 50 years ago next week. Paul McBride catches up with the five surviving members of the Mines Rescue teams.

COMMENT: With "A grade" mysteries hard to find these days, Paul Charman jots down some of his favourite Kiwi mysteries for your summer reading pleasure.

A museum replica of the Seddon family homestead that once stood in Kumara has been suggested for the historic site.

The Fuhrer may have used a secret runway to escape his Berlin bunker and flee to South America in a Luftwaffe plane.

The impact of a large asteroid 66 million years ago, created the 'Big Chill'.

Next week's 50th anniversary of the Strongman Mine disaster may be the last opportunity for many to remember the 1967 tragedy.

Waitangi Day has provided an insight to the character of successive prime ministers ever since Norman Kirk made it a national holiday.

Deluded fans of psychopathic serial killer Charles Manson demand release of their leader as he lies, possibly near death, in a Californian hospital.

A rare undeveloped gem in the Hokianga where Polynesian settlers are first believed to have set foot on New Zealand soil is for sale in the Hokianga.

For better or worse however, many countries and cultures rely more on traditional forms of social control.

Instead of spending his life savings on a house, Stuart Wilson bought a Welsh field, convinced there was a ancient town under the surface.

Every year dozens of protected New Zealand objects leave the country for good. Here's what some of them are.

Helping restore a piece of Kiwi history - Sir Edmund Hillary's original hut at Scott Base in Antarctica - has proven a dream job for a young Auckland architecture student.

COMMENT: How many readers of the Herald knew that Labour, New Zealand's oldest political party, achieved its centenary in 2016? Not many I imagine.

Warning: Disturbing content. It's a pretty house with a pretty name. But the recently sold Wisteria Cottage was a chosen killing ground.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says settlement growth in Israel means the prospects for a diplomatic solution are being "narrowed".

For Fat Leonard, conning the U.S. Navy was a big piece of cake.

A family photograph taken before a Christmas Day massacre holds a telling clue of why the slaughter took place.