
Remember these Kiwi advice shows?
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.
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.
There are only a handful of cases that stump America's most experienced investigators. This is one of them.
Two new cave paintings have been discovered near the Machu Picchu ruins in Peru.
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.
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.
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.
Maori grass skirt worn by a British naval captain during World War I's largest sea battle has gone on display.
COMMENT: Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, but those who ignore it will never learn anything.
COMMENT: Visiting French PM Manuel Valls acknowledges the talent and experience of Helen Clark, but says it is too early to have a formal opinion on whether she should have the top UN job, writes Barry Soper.
The ship used by Captain James Cook during his voyage to New Zealand may have been found on the bottom of the ocean floor in a US harbour.
Relatives of two Kiwi World War I soldiers will today pay tribute to them in an emotional memorial service a century after they died.
For the first time the entire Stone Age grotto with its more than 1900 animal paintings is being reproduced.
France's national army museum has recreated the home where Napoleon lived his final years.
I suspect The Nation's attempts to topple Governor George Grey and Colonel Marmaduke Nixon from their pedestals will die a rapid death, writes Brian Rudman.
Safely tucked away from prying eyes, Bunker 42 was Joseph Stalin's expansive nuclear facility built by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
Researchers have studied the grisly practice of ritual human sacrifice in nearly 100 cultures and found it was widely used as a power play.
The New Zealand flag was designed in 1869 for use as a shipping ensign by a British Lieutenant.
Collection of letters, photos and artworks shed light on key moments in nascent arts culture of 50s-80s.
After an eruption of protests the skin-whitening ad was withdrawn with "heartfelt apologies" from Seoul Secret. But they didn't withdraw the product, writes Gwynne Dyer.