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12 Questions: Dr Monty Soutar

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.

Auschwitz guard, 93, on trial for murder

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

100 Kiwi Stories: Gun mishap failed to mar sterling career

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.

Taonga pics caught in US lawsuit

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 reporting team in Turkey

On April 25, New Zealanders around the world will commemorate the centenary of the Anzac landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

100 Kiwi Stories: Nation's grief over brothers lost

83:The Holz brothers — Ernest, William and their younger brother Allan — signed up for war on the same day.

Gallipoli: We remember them

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

Stretcher-bearer's family photo

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.

Gun turret was 'eaten by ants'

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

Volcanoes, elephant built the city

A fledgling Auckland was not only built on volcanoes but created from them - through the hard graft of Maori stonemasons, prison inmates and a royal elephant named Tom.

100 years since first NZ marlin hooked

It has been 100 years since the first marlin was caught in New Zealand waters on a rod and line, and game fishermen are celebrating the occasion in the Bay of Islands.

'Transparency is not an easy matter' - GCSB director

Blossoms hide awful truth

It is spring in Tokyo, but Toshiko Takagi cannot bear to see office workers sitting beneath cherry blossom in the parks that dot the Sumida district where she lives.

Russell Stone: City's birthday of choice fits it perfectly

This year Auckland very successfully celebrated its 175th birthday. But did we celebrate on the right day?

The Emperor rides once again in Paris

On March 20, Napoleon Bonaparte will once more set foot on the cobbled streets of Paris, the staging point of his plan to rout his enemies and recover the empire he lost.

Herald on Sunday editorial: Medals should remain in NZ

The Protected Objects Act plays an important role in safeguarding this country's heritage. But there will be times when the ministry should not be straitjacketed by the act.