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Have compassion for Neanderthals

<i>My job:</i> Vital protection of art history

Rare superhero comics to go on sale

Eighty years of the daring exploits of super heroes Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon will go under the hammer when an Auckland man's collection of thousands of comics is expected to attract world-wide attention.

Te Papa ban on pregnant women 'just advisory'

A warning for pregnant or menstruating women to stay away from an exhibit tour is just an advisory and women could decide to ignore it, Arts, Chris Finlayson says.

Jericho milestone

Anger at Te Papa ban on pregnant women

Feminists have criticised a rule forbidding pregnant or menstruating women to attend a Te Papa exhibit.

The autumn of American discontent

Cambodians find strength in their magic tattoos

Museum outbid as mask goes for $4 6m

Love of Polynesia curator's guide

Re-imaging Belfast's troubled past

As violence recedes, many people wantto have contentious murals removed from everyday life.

Ex terrorist's trial begins

More than three decades later, Stuttgart court hearing revisits one of Germany's most devastating political murders.

Early Aboriginal-European interaction may surprise

Museum reborn after ravages of war

High rise ruffles feathers

<i>Paul Thomas</i>: Atheists are best informed about religion

Is Auckland's 'urban village' ideal straying off course?

How you see the restoration of a collection of century-old buildings on Auckland's downtown waterfront is a matter of perspective.

80 selected for Erebus flight

Eighty people who lost family members in the 1979 Erebus tragedy will travel to Antarctica on a remembrance flight this summer after their names were drawn in a ballot.