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Daring POW Escape Stories & New Zealand’s First Stamp Feature In Coin And Stamp Auctions
15+ hour ago (289+ words) Telling the story of two amazing Prisoner of War escapes during WW2, a group of ten medals to New Zealander John Alexander Redpath features at the Mowbray Collectables coin and medal auction in Wellington on 18 September 2026. Redpath defied the odds in…...
Four Christchurch sites shortlisted for March 15 national memorial
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (11+ words) The Press...
‘A friend of Ngāi Tahu’: History of long-forgotten pounamu relics comes to light
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (548+ words) What began as a forgotten collection tucked away in an English attic has become a powerful story of taonga finding its way home. Now held again by Ngāi Tahu, the Shortland Pounamu collection is reconnecting the iwi with an old…...
Why this New Zealand church still bears musket marks from an 1845 battle
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (654+ words) Russell is quiet now, which makes its old violence harder to miss. In this Bay of Islands village, Christ Church still carries musket-ball damage from the 1845 Battle of Kororāreka, when conflict came directly to the waterfront. You can stand near…...
Otago Peninsula celebrating being possum free
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (189+ words) The Otago Peninsula is cementing its reputation as a birdwatcher's delight, after it was officially declared possum free in March. The milestone marked more than 15 years of hard mahi championed by community members, who say they're already reaping the rewards....
Kea Turns Public Space into an 'Open-Air Museum' Showcasing the Island's History and Heritage
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (159+ words) ATHENS – An “open-air museum” is bringing Κea’s history, traditions, cultural heritage and contemporary issues into public spaces, making them part of the everyday experience of residents and visitors, at the initiative of the Municipality. Starting in 2022 and running through 2025, the…...
Help Puke Ariki name the faces of Ōpunakē and South Taranaki
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (1244+ words) New Plymouth District Council...
Inside New Zealand’s forest of the living dead
1+ week, 1+ day ago (35+ words) ODT Even at the most inaccessible western edge of Fiordland National Park deer are destroying the forest. Mary Williams boarded a boat to see it first hand....
Review: Quirks, tragedies and oddities of New Zealand’s past
1+ week, 3+ day ago (404+ words) Great Tales of Aotearoa Reviewed by Jim Sullivan More than 40 years ago, Tom Clarke was compiling a Today in History New Zealand resource for broadcasters and ended up with 4500 two- or three-sentence bites of our past. At the same time,…...
NZ’s fastest growing town was once the future of urban planning. What happened?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (893+ words) Travel 25 kilometres south from Christchurch on the new 110 kilometre-per-hour, multi-million-dollar “road of national significance” and you’ll reach New Zealand’s fastest growing town. Situated within the country’s fastest growing district of Selwyn, Rolleston now boasts a population over 34,000 – predicted to reach…...