A leading war historian believes millions being spent on World War I commemorations will be wasted if it fails to focus on education rather than remembrance.

A young soldier who died exactly 100 years ago has been officially acknowledged as the first New Zealand casualty of WWI.

His daily diet included crane and egret, washed down with a bottle of wine. The reign of Richard III only lasted two years.

Film-maker Sir Peter Jackson says the new World War I museum he is curating will focus on New Zealand soldiers and their experiences, right down to the smell of the dirt in their trenches.

Film-maker Sir Peter Jackson has been enlisted by Government to curate a temporary World War I exhibition in Wellington.

The ancient Egyptian practice of mummification may be 1500 years older than previously thought, an Australian-led study says.

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a vast tomb that they believe is connected with the reign of the warrior-king Alexander the Great.

A treasure trove of the remains of hundreds of mammals from the Ice Age has been discovered in a cave in Wyoming.

One hundred gun shots echoed over Wellington today, marking the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI.

The neglected burial site of Sapper Robert Hislop, mourned a century ago as NZ's first casualty of World War I, is expected to become an official war grave.

Some put their Olympic gold medals under lock and key, Muhammad Ali claimed to have thrown his into the Ohio River after being denied service at a Louisville restaurant and others put it in their sock drawer.

One hundred years ago on Tuesday, a tense crowd of 12,000 gathered at Parliament to hear confirmation of what they already knew - the young nation of New Zealand was going to war.

The family of a young soldier who was given a military farewell as New Zealand's first casualty of World War I wants his neglected burial site honoured as an official war grave.

New Zealand and Australia have very different takes on the Anzac legend, a prominent historian says.

It's been labelled a bogan town, a cow town, even the "chlamydia capital of NZ". But from today the city will celebrate 150 years of history

1.One hundred years ago, a day after Britain declared war on Germany on August 4, its loyal dominion New Zealand announced it too was involved in the conflict.

Scientists in western Canada have discovered the fossilised footprints of three tyrannosaurs that suggest these fearsome predators may have hunted in packs.

The remote, misty, immense Te Urewera country is a treasured place that no one should own - to own it would be to enslave it, says Ngai Tuhoe.

Today, Pita Sharples will carry out the first reading of the new Maori Language Bill 2014 in Parliament.

Love him or hate him, Muldoon was definitely a memorable NZ politician - and this Monday is the 30th anniversary of the '84 snap election.

The largest flying bird in history had a 24 feet wingspan - more than twice that of the biggest living albatross - and dined on fish probably caught in mid-flight over the open ocean, a study has found.

In the quarter of a century since it began, NZOA has funded a wide range of television programmes and music videos - we take a look at some of the best.

New forensic imaging techniques are being used to solve the mystery of the final resting place of Amelia Earhart, whose plane vanished over the Pacific in 1937.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has ''no regrets'' about stepping in to buy a set of leg irons, despite evidence they were used to hold camels, not Maori prisoners as had been believed.