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Opinion: 'Suffocating fumes of smoke' rapidly seeped through the wooden structure.

Aotearoa has several scary haunts. Whether you should check them out is another question.

Movie costume exhibition brings important story to life at Te Awamutu Museum.

OPINION: We must never forget the kids at Lake Alice.

Company director Michael Muir says 'they need a home' as archives face uncertain future.

A house built in Hamilton in 1929 and moved to Whangamatā in 1930 is set to move again.

Opinion: 'I think if any place teaches one about God, it is Havelock North.'

We blinked and everything changed.

The proposal includes over 1000 new homes on reclaimed farmland near Hawke's Bay Airport.

It took firefighters four hours to put out the fire in the hot springs resort town.

Opinion: Wide range of ways to learn, be inspired, challenged or surprised at MTG.

Napier man offers eye-watering reward to find NZ's lost maritime treasures.

Ngāti Oneone seeks return of Onepoto land, citing displacement and loss of mana whenua.

Visiting the horror sites of the Balkan wars is a moving and deeply rewarding experience.

Opinion: Only three short-line public railway lines in operation in North Island .

Opinion: Within hours the Echunga had broken up and almost all its cargo was lost.

Former MP's book recognises the prison reform leader's unacknowledged contributions.

Made in 1965 by Pine Taiapa in Tikitiki, the taonga has been gifted to Tairawhiti Museum.

Opinion: Talented team at the MTG.

Looking for a new book? These recent releases span crime to cookbooks (and some NZ bees).

Expect to be enraptured in the Romanian capital.

OPINION: The nature of Māori warfare would change with the introduction of the musket.

The cry of the morepork and the rustle of the trees were the only sounds.

Ruapehu's mayor says there are 'credible developers' interested in restoring it.

Moifaa is one of the best remembered Grand National winners.

Sir Apirana Ngata's family discussed how to respond to him being used in debate.

Scientists have reconstructed the moa's demise to find valuable conservation lessons.

Discovery in Australia has scientists pointing to prehistoric super-eruption at Taupō.

The winery reflects on its humble beginnings to embrace innovation and the future.