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Tokyo Govt avoids shrine visit on VJ day
Japan yesterday commemorated the 65th anniversary of its surrender in World War II.
Britain's oldest house discovered
Archaeologists have found Britain's earliest house, built by Stone Age tribesmen about 11,000 years ago.
Museum asks Auckland's opinion
Public suggestions wanted on ambitious multimillion-dollar plan to renew galleries.
Return of the king
Jo Merchant meets the team that's finally revealing Howard Carter's secrets to the world.
Proposal to name Aoraki ridge for Hillary
A prominent ridge on Aoraki/Mount Cook, first climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary more than 60 years ago, is proposed to be renamed Hillary Ridge.
Five millennia on, iceman surrenders DNA secrets
The hunt is on to find living descendants of South Tyrol's 5300-year-old mummified man.
<i>Sue Abel</i>: A question of balance
Auckland University senior lecturer Sue Abel addresses the issue of balance in TV news, and the relative lack of Maori voices in mainstream news bulletins, in the third in a series of lectures discussing the state and future of journalism.
Queen requests officials become lifelong 'Right Honourables'
The Queen has asked that NZ Prime Ministers, Governors General, Speakers of the House and Chief Justices be referred to as "Right Honourable" for the rest of their lives.
Justice of sorts after 32 years
NZ sailor Kerry Hamill, tortured and killed in a Cambodian jail, can never be laid to rest but his brother Rob was yesterday able to see the man responsible for his death jailed.
Hamill wanted longer sentence for Khmer Rouge's Duch
Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, who participated in the torture and killing of Kiwi Rob Hamill's brother, Kerry, is sentenced to 35 years jail.