93: A soldier plagued by wartime foot injuries later had an Auckland rugby league trophy named after him - the William Devanney Stormont Shield.

Suzanne McFadden revisits the occupation of Bastion Point, a defining moment in the Maori land struggles of the 1970s.

91: Southland surgeon-captain was tending wounded men when bayoneted by Germans.

A 71-year-old working for a Tokyo antique book dealer was sifting through a stack of old documents acquired from a Japanese collector when he made a fascinating discovery.

Suzanne McFadden revisits six weeks of the most caustic mix of sport and politics New Zealand had ever seen - the 1981 Springboks tour.

88: Almost 100 years after he died in the uniform of another country, soldier Alexander Ormond stands firm in relief beside the pounding Pacific.

When Arthur Hoffman passed away in his sleep, his beloved wife of 69 years couldn't bear it. Two days later, Paddy Hoffman also slipped away.

Suzanne McFadden profiles some of our first entrepreneurs - the people behind now-household names like Crown Lynn and Fisher & Paykel.

Auckland archaeologist and heritage expert Dave Veart tells the history of New Zealand through food and toys in his books.

In Auckland's demisemiseptcentennial year, Suzanne McFadden tells the story of it's popular mayor, Sir Dove-Myer Robinson.

The landscape of war is being recreated in an online game of Minecraft that will appeal to all ages. The Gallipoli in Minecraft exhibition at Auckland Museum opens tomorrow and runs until October 11. A virtual world recreating the 1915 Gallipoli landscape in the popular game of Minecraft will be downloadable from Anzac Day.

Author and historian Dr Monty Soutar specialises in Maori military history in both World Wars and is involved in Maori TV’s Anzac Day coverage. He talks war, racism and the East Coast.

The 93-year-old 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz' will go on trial tomorrow charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Auschwitz prisoners.

85: Major was one of the "A" Battery commanders when a 101-gun royal salute in Auckland's Albert Park backfired in June 1911, injuring four.

The fate of an invaluable archive of up to 8 million historic New Zealand newspaper photographs and negatives is before the courts in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Our countdown begins to the 100-year anniversary of the Anzac landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

The Herald is publishing a series of video diaries to mark the Gallipoli centenary. This week, we’re telling the stories of five New Zealand residents with strong ties.

Our countdown begins to the 100-year anniversary of the Anzac landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Auckland Museum is host to more than 100 fragments of Sir Edmund Hillary's life. Here are 10 objects from Auckland Museum's Hillary collection.

One hundred years ago, a teenaged Josip Babich removed the boots in which he'd trudged through muddy swamps searching for kauri gum - and trampled delicate grapes with his bare feet.

A painting that symbolises the pain and tragedy of the failed World War I Gallipoli campaign was sold yesterday to an undisclosed bidder.

79: When World War I broke out, Harper was a 35-year-old father of two and partner at a well-established Christchurch legal practice.

Devotees still have time to dive back into the over-sexed and over-boozed world of Don Draper, the square-jawed executive atop Sterling Cooper, played by Jon Hamm.

Dug out of a car park five centuries after his mutilated body was unceremoniously interred, England's Richard III will finally be given a burial fit for a king.

The man hailed as the "Father of Auckland" was modest and meticulous and liked to keep the record straight when it came to tales of his noble deeds.

What has happened to the gun turret of the Achilles which was on display at a scrap metal yard in Neilson St in Onehunga?