One of New Zealand's oldest European artifacts, an anchor from a French ship, has been found in Doubtless Bay. Its captain's actions are another story.

A week on from last week's devastating storm and locals in Nelson Tasman are still cleaning up and beginning to count the cost.

On the ground in Gaza, Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders, describes the situation as "human carnage".

Education Minister Erica Stanford has said after years of government flip-flops it will now only build single-cell classrooms.

Auckland Museum's DIVA exhibition explores some of the world's best-known divas; from opera goddesses to Hollywood legends and today's global megastars.

Kate de Goldi reviews Under a Fire-Red Sky by Geraldine McCaughrean; Homework by Geoff Dyer; and Broadsword Calling Danny Boy by Geoff Dyer.

International bestselling author for middle-grade readers Stacy Gregg's latest book The Last Journey was inspired by the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods.

Dr Ian Schipper has combined state of the art tools with a traditional double-hulled waka to reach remote and under-studied active volcanoes.

Award winner Chelsea Winstanley on how her documentary about an Auckland Art Gallery exhibition put her at the centre of a modern day stand for sovereignty.

John Burke and his family have taken what was considered the most environmentally degraded farm in the Western Bay of Plenty and turned it into an award-winning environmental farm.