A Stone Age man who lived about 7000 years ago and whose buried bones were discovered in 2006 has turned out to be the earliest known person with blue eyes.

Chinese businessman who arrived as a boy in 1939 can look back on 75 years of fruitful life in NZ as a proud Kiwi.

The boss behind New Zealand's biggest heritage building revitalisation project has praised Government moves to have the country's building stock strengthened.

Dionne Christian gets a fascinating insight into our city's history.

It's called a Papahu, it lived 19 to 22 million years ago and scientists believe the newly recognised dolphin fossil from NZ is the first of its kind ever found.

Begin atop Maungawhau (Mt Eden, mountain of the whau tree) and imagine classical Maori society.

Friendliness and a can-do attitude top a list of traits that New Zealanders think reflect our national identity.

An Otago University scientist may have unravelled a 2000-year-old mystery of what killed Alexander the Great.

A fight has erupted in Britain over the cause of World War 1, pitting Conservatives against Labour, academic against academic and Boris against Blackadder's Baldrick.

'Nothing was located.' A jet-skier's reported sighting of a World War Two sea mine sparked a fruitless search in Lyttelton Harbour.

The original Christian saint of secret gift-giving and children was St Nicholas, a fourth-century Greek bishop, whose feast day is December 6.

The Queen has pardoned computing pioneer Alan Turing of the "gross indecency" conviction he received for having sex with a man.

Three members of New Zealand’s delegation will not be able to attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral after the South African government imposed a strict two-person limit.

Bassett Rd machinegun murders 50 years ago solved swiftly but mystery remains over one of the gunmen

A US court says negligence was not to blame for a third World Trade Center tower collapse on September 11, absolving a developer of the building's destruction.

As the centenary of the crossword approaches, Gyles Brandreth and his daughter Saethryd explain why the word puzzle is still so popular.

Philip Temple asks: "A waste of time. A waste of money. The government takes no notice. What's the point of non-binding referendums? How come we have them anyway?"

Do you remember where you were when you heard my father had died, asks Holly Donald, daughter of Rod.

TV's most famous Time Lord popped up simultaneously in nearly 100 countries on Saturday - in a special 50th anniversary episode of the BBC's cult sci-fi series Doctor Who.

Forget the horned helmet warrior image, archaeologists say early Norsemen were farmers with refined tastes.

The battle of Rangiriri - one of the decisive battles of the Waikato War - took place on November 20, 1863, and the 150th anniversary of the battle is being commemorated at the battle site.

At first reluctant to don the flowing frocks, four North Shore teenagers were soon parading around Takapuna in their fancy dress.

From resident ghosts to kegs hidden in mud, Danielle Wright finds intriguing history at our historic hotels.