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1941 shootings: Police victims honoured at new venue
The 1941 Stan Graham shootings remain the greatest single loss of police in New Zealand.
'I got a bullet straight through the penis'
The WWII veteran was told he may never be able to have children.
Nazi nuclear bomb discovery
A pensioner has found Hitler may have come much closer to developing atomic weaponry.
Marvelly: Unearth rich Māori history
Youngsters given valuable opportunity to learn about their past
Soper: Unprecedented, unusual election
COMMENT: Having covered 13 election campaign, this one is certainly eventful.
Kiwi women in front at the ballot box
As soon as women had won the right to vote they exceeded men in voting turnout.
Local Focus: Waikato candidates' local history test
Waikato candidates answer the important questions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Lazy' schoolgirl's energetic career of political innovation
Elizabeth McCombs crushed her opponents to become New Zealand's first female MP.
Kiwi puts twist on ancient history of agriculture
Early man's shift to agriculture led to poorer health for mothers and babies, study finds.
'One of us was a widow - and one of us wasn't'
Tales of tragedy and survival in Waikato mining disasters that killed 54 men.
Editorial: Let the past speak with monuments
EDITORIAL: Historical monuments can be left to speak of a past that is well behind us.
Luxury spa facility planned for Rotorua lakefront
Stakeholders say the facility will bring in tens of millions of tourist dollars yearly
Newsmakers face the scrapheap
Pair of flatbed presses left a lasting impression of the history of New Zealand.
Big bucks expected in stamp and coin auction
One set is estimated to bring in $80,000 in the auction in October.
Dissenters in wartime felt state's anger
A history conference is looking at dissent in World War One.
'Every flight in a Spit is a thrill'
NZ Spitfire ace Owen Hardy took to the skies in the iconic plane for his 95th birthday
The boot that rewrites history
The chance discovery of a foot has led to history being rewritten.
Deadly twister tore track through Hamilton
Tornado killed three people and wrecked houses 69 years ago today.
Warship sunk in 1945 finally found
The ship was found after 72 years lying over 5.5km below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
Liam Dann: Memories of market meltdown
COMMENT: Ten years on from the credit crunch, are we back where we started?
Exam model answers change to stop cheats
Model answers for NCEA exams may be cut back to stop cheating.
Treasure hunt that created overnight millionaires
150 years ago today, a group of men made the first major gold discovery in Thames.
Local Focus: 150 years since Coromandel gold rush began
And it might not be over yet. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Opinion: The case for Rocky Bay
COMMENT: Nobilangelo Ceramalus weighs in on the official name of a Waiheke Island bay.
A look at the year the pirate ship set sail
Rainbow's End's pirate ship first started swinging in 1983 - what else was happening?
The $505,000 painting sold in Auckland
The painting of Sir John Logan Campbell has never been seen in public till now.
Schoolgirl's rare Everest memento
Precious memento of triumphant expedition team's special visit goes under the hammer.
Secret wartime Auckland plane crashes everyone knew about
Japanese internees were being taken from Auckland to Australia for a prisoner exchange.
Kiwi plastic surgeon saves soldier's life
Plastic surgery owes a huge debt to the battlefield work of Harold Gillies
The Big Read: Grim tragedy in a small West Coast town
Neighbours recall tale of woman who jumped to her death in 1967 after killing her husband.
The heist of the century
1956 Waterfront heist ought to be one of the most famous episodes in NZ criminal history.
Scientists discover 4000-year-old lunchbox
Scientists have discovered a 4000-year-old lunchbox in the Swiss Mountains.