Protesters are steeling themselves for a legal battle with developers after being granted a stay of demolition on three historic St Heliers cottages.

Three houses which heritage advocates are trying to save will be demolished within days. About 15 protesters remain on the street.

Protesters have vowed to lie in front of the bulldozers to save historic cottages set for demolition today.

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to the Herald about the future of Burma, her family and why Kiwis can make a difference

Owners and management of Te Aute College have taken the rare step of seeking a Commissioner to help save the historic Hawke's Bay school from extinction after 156 years as a stalwart of Maori education in New Zealand.

The potential refurbishment of the St James Theatre has received a boost from Auckland Mayor Len Brown.

Just how Kiwi is the barbecue? Dionne Christian looks into the history of cooking outdoors in New Zealand.

History left us with the Roaring Twenties, the Swinging Sixties, the Excessive Eighties and that widely despised term: the Naughty Noughties.

Three art-deco homes in St Heliers at the centre of a furore over Auckland's heritage preservation are unlikely to be relocated, Auckland Council chief executive says.

Austria announced plans to exhume graves containing the remains of 220 suspected victims of Nazi Germany's infamous euthanasia programme yesterday.

Experimental possum farming?

Tell people you're visiting an Armenian church in Iran and chances are you'll get some doubtful looks.

War medal collectors are combing death notices to harass families of late veterans for their medals.

Research showing Maori may have reached New Zealand later than previously believed may have implications for the Waitangi Tribunal, a New Zealand historian says.