Michael Wynd is the researcher and military historian at the National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. and joins Emile Donovan.

It's the most wonderful day so far in the booksellers' calendar -- the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Long List has been released. A day only eclipsed by the short list and the winners, of course.

Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners ...

Work is underway to protect taxpayer information from quantum computing's power to break through commonly used encryption ...

Opinion - Success will depend on how they are implemented and, most of all, on the sector receiving sufficient funding.

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said it was alerted to the large scrub fire at around midnight and it had since grown to 1200 ...

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts has revealed New Zealand's second emissions reduction target of between 51 and 55 percent ...

A person has died in a water related incident in Gisborne on Thursday afternoon. Police said they were called to an address ...

Some principals are reporting major problems with the revamped school lunch scheme - including late meals and ham in halal ...

Police are continuing to search for 24-year-old Travis, who has been missing since 17 January. He travelled from Wellington ...

Anyone who wants to lock in interest rates at the bottom of the market "might want to start thinking about how much longer ...

Former minister of Justice Kiritapu Allan made a submission as the committee heard from organisations such as YouthLaw ...