If you're in a hurry to meet your maker, a religious pilgrimage may be the most direct route.

A video game that recreates the Battle of El Alamein has been backed by old Kiwi soldiers who want children to learn more about World War II.

With the high ball toss, bent front knee and explosive extension, the technique matches modern-day greats Pete Sampras and Roger Federer.

When Sir Edmund Hillary said of Mt Everest "we knocked the bastard off", it turns out he meant it literally.

A current affairs show reporting on World War I? Brilliant.

The key figure in one of the most notorious murders in New Zealand colonial history has been pardoned.

Retirement is a difficult enough call for many professional sports stars, and when you are a legend - having been feted for many years - it can be trickier than most.

It's The Hangover-meets-Jurassic Park. While most stag parties involve paintballing, the pub or a strip club, one group of friends spent did some impromptu palaeontology.

The last home to Russia's doomed royal family, and the haunt of 'mad mystic' Rasputin, the Alexander Palace has been trashed over the past century. Now an Aucklander is part of an international group helping to restore it as a world-heritage museum.

The Sun's 22 million free World Cup editions won't be delivered by postal workers near Liverpool - who still loathe the paper over its Hillsborough coverage.

Auckland Council's Civic Building, which contains asbestos, could become a hotel or apartments and its ground-floor be converted into shops.

A veteran who was lucky to survive 60 missions in Lancaster bombers during World War II was present yesterday for the unveiling of new markings on a Lancaster now to be known as "a lucky aircraft".

It was the D-Day adventure that captured the imagination of the country.

In honour of Auckland’s York Street closing down, here are five music moments that came from within those studio’s walls that touched my cold, cold heart.

Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.

The historic Oamaru Courthouse is to be disposed of, a decision that has been greeted with surprise and disappointment in the town.

New, startlingly bizarre findings have finally solved the 150-year-old mystery of how the kiwi arrived here in New Zealand.

Minister of Veterans' Affairs Michael Woodhouse has upset a family by mistakenly claiming a link to the Gallipoli campaign.

A quarter of people are unable to name a single famous female scientist, either living or dead, a European-wide study will reveal this week.

Young New Zealanders have been urged by Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae to visit the battlefields and cemeteries of Europe, not just Gallipoli.

It’s said that the good old days weren’t that great. But if you’re talking about the year 1984, writes Greg Dixon, then the good old days were actually rather good indeed.

This weekend around 40 New Zealand veterans will remember their fallen comrades at services to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino.