After the war, New Zealand signed the Treaty of Versailles (1919), joined the League of Nations, and pursued an independent foreign policy, while its defence was still controlled by Britain. When ...

Mainstream academics and Maori groups voice scepticism, but researchers say acknowledging lesser-known history could alter national identity For generations, the narrative of New Zealand's human ...

New Zealand’s first jail was a simple affair, just a symmetrical four-roomed log building, built in 1840 at Okiato in the Bay of Islands, not far from present-day Russell. But its history – especially ...