Gallipoli means more to New Zealanders than words can convey. But when the names of Mary and Doug Hill were drawn from the ballot this week for places at the 100th Anzac Day, the moment was especially poignant.

The Prime Minister is probably not correct to say few New Zealanders know what happened at Orakau.

Prime Minister John Key acknowledges the New Zealand Wars as an important part of the country's history but says a national holiday to commemorate them is unlikely.

He was Rome's first emperor, the founder of a world-dominating imperial dynasty, and a builder of roads and stunning temples.

A Singapore-based Kiwi couple were among 950 NZers selected from a ballot to attend the 100th anniversary of the Anzac landing in Gallipoli next year.

New Zealanders who have been drawn from the Gallipoli 2015 ballot will be notified from today.

Work is due to resume on stalled restaurant renovations after the discovery of ancient bones last winter.

A decade after it premiered, Deadwood remains a sharp and stylish work, with a surprising amount of optimism, writes Robert Smith.

Whatever you're doing this Monday, wherever you might be, take a moment to reflect on the most popular word in the English language, OK?

Imagine a world in which the advances of the science since the publication of 'On the Origin of Species' - or even since Charles Darwin was born - were ignored.

In a year that is unusually crowded with historical commemorations, one that may escape attention is the 170th anniversary of the flagpole in Russell.

A study released by NASA has revealed that modern civilisation is heading for collapse. Today we look at seven civilisations that have disappeared and the reasons behind their demise.

The picturesque Kohekohe Church could have been lost to the local community for good if it hadn't been for Trade Me.

Greg Dixon talks to Kiwi actress Chelsie Preston Crayford about her bohemian childhood and why she resisted going into showbiz.

Warm, wet weather spanning several decades helped one of history's most fearsome tyrants to conquer most of Asia and Eastern Europe.

The pillars that form Stonehenge may have been chosen because they were like sacred "prehistoric glockenspiels", according to researchers.

In February 1974 geologist Jim Bowles came across a 42,000-year-old skeleton in a dry lake bed in outback New South Wales.

The new police commissioner is not intending to apologise directly to Arthur Allan Thomas despite a plea from his brother, who says the public apology was "half-hearted''.

The brother of Arthur Allan Thomas says new police commissioner should apologise to Mr Thomas directly for a recent eulogy and ensure resolving the Crewe murders has priority.

A gem found on a sheep ranch in Australia has been found to have formed 4.4 billion years ago - making it the oldest piece of our planet ever recorded.

Even by the Byzantine standards of global antiquities theft the case of Subhash Kapoor is jaw-dropping.

It was February 11, 1864 and the invading British forces advanced deeper into the Waikato heartland, closing in on the Maori King Movement's agricultural base.

The new owners of a century-old villa that was cut in half and moved from Mt Eden to Warkworth last week plan to turn it into a family home.

When it comes to other Commonwealth countries and their flags, we are in the minority, writes Malcolm Mulholland. Of the 54 member nations of the Commonwealth, 45 have removed the Union Jack.