history

Once a great, always a great. And Alexander Downes was certainly one of the greatest players to have represented Otago.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission vice-chairman has made a whistle-stop tour of the South Island's war graves.

What do Dunedin and tiny Thursday Island in Torres Strait have in common? The answer is guns.

The first step in the restoration of the historic Phoenix Mill water wheel in Oamaru began yesterday with an archaeologist and conservation surveyor visiting its Old Mill Rd site to gather information for conservation and engineering works plans.

You know what it feels like to be in space? Like you're sick.

The letter in which Gabriel Read shares the credit with Edward Peters for the discovery of gold in Otago 150 years ago has gone on show at Archives New Zealand, in Dunedin.

For the 17 riders on the Speight's pack-horse traverse on the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust's cavalcade, their journey from Omarama to Oamaru is a taste of yesteryear.

Four generations of descendants of early Cromwell mayor Edward Murrell, including one of the few who still carry his name, recently gathered at his original Cromwell home.

Advanced imaging techniques are allowing the recovery of lost information from key heritage documents, including the handwritten draft of the American Declaration of Independence, leading US-based preservation scientist Dr Fenella France says.

I grew up with a father crazy about megaliths, monoliths and "stupid old rocks put here a trillion years ago so Dad could bore us with them today".

• The British Government has certainly no reason to be unaware of the futility of any attempt to defend the abstract morality of the Indo-Chinese opium traffic.

A historical photograph archive of the Lake Hawea district is being collated by the Lake Hawea Community Association.

For Nelson couple Lloyd and Gwen Ewing, their vintage car has special significance.

Have vandals been attacking some of England's oldest books?