It is 80 years since the famous New Zealand aviatrix Jean Batten took off from England for her record breaking solo flight to Auckland.

In what is possibly the world's coldest case, police may have solved the murder of Otzi the Iceman - 5000 years after his brutal and lonely death.

Leading architect and designer Chris Moller has slammed the decision to demolish the Aniwaniwa Visitors' Centre at Lake Waikaremoana

Orana Wildlife Park at McLeans Island turned 40 on Sunday. Bridget Rutherford looks back on the park's history.

Plans to turn Mt Tarawera and the surrounding land and lake area into a world-class tourism venture are on the cards with a new partnership

They were two powerful, ancient empires separated by more than 5,000 miles of imposing mountain ranges, barren desert and exposed steppe grasslands.

Sixty-four years ago, the emigrant ship Captain Cook left Glasgow with 1093 passengers onboard bound for NZ - now the search is on to find them.

Polish researchers have just uncovered a time capsule filled with Nazi paraphernalia, dating all the way back to 1934.

Sir Peter Jackson is in talks to bring augmented reality and digital storytelling to Matiu-Somes Island in Wellington Harbour.

A family about to move into an enormous house are going to take hide and seek to the next level.

The 2012km tractor expedition, to help raise $1 million to save Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica prepares to cross Cook Strait tomorrow.

Described as being in a "remarkably unused condition" and a "wartime luxury"

Bill English says the commemoration day for land wars will be a locally driven event, not pushed from above by the Government.

Over the last 60 years, the hut - one of Antarctica's most precious heritage sites - has slowly fallen into a state of disrepair.

They're the places criminals languished, rioted, plotted revenge and met their maker. So why are tourists obsessed with them?

Last month, American Michael Burke received a book by New Zealand historians in the mail at his California home.

In these complicated times, it can be comforting to turn to a known and trusted face for reassurance. NZ On Screen's Nicky Harrop decides it's time to revisit some of our classic TV agony aunt shows.

Attracting a man is a cinch, as long as you don't outdrink them or hook them up with your ugly mates. Michelle Duff turns to a 1954 guidebook for some tips.

An array of artefacts have been found beneath the floorboards of the historic St James theatre as it undergoes a transformation.

Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and memory keeper of the Holocaust, dies at 87.

The sun has gone completely "blank" for the second time this month.

Scientists have renewed their focus on Wairau Bar off Marlborough's Cloudy Bay, which bears secrets of our earliest settlers and their paths to Aotearoa.

One man's unbelievable 10-year crime spree across California; 45 rapes, 12 murders and 120 burglaries, have left police baffled to this day.

Inside the 19th century Auckland cottage that sits on a 73sqm section and is sandwiched between two apartment blocks.

The Kiwi and Australian commandos of elite special unit ZSU, many of whom died without their family ever knowing what they did, will finally be recognised.

Letters written 100 years ago by a NZ sailor have revealed how he survived a catastrophic naval battle in World War I by smearing his body with heavy oil.

New Zealand has a long history of colourful personalities, including intrepid vagabonds, audacious statesmen, polite pilferers and unshrinking violets.

In 1979, Ali made a visit to New Zealand and made a strong impression on a young Lance Revill.

The soaring prison population has led to an over spend of 45 million dollars on jails in the last 12 months and new technology could help reduce the number of bobby calves being killed. Also a Kiwi takes America’s got talent by storm.

Washington's Watergate Hotel - at the heart of the scandal that lead to Nixon's resignation -is set to reopen after nearly 10 years.