The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.

James IV has been acclaimed by historians as the first true Renaissance king of Scotland. Under his rule, James patronised the arts and sciences and Scotland flourished as a result. It was during his ...

Henry Tudor is crowned King of England ... He arranges the marriage of his 13-year-old daughter Margaret to James IV to secure peace between England and Scotland. Although the peace doesn't ...

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Look closely at the bill. It does not allow individual communities to choose what Bible their school district will teach. | Opinion ...

England, Duchess Sophie grew up in a middle-class household before marrying into the royal family in 1999. Though she was born a commoner, Sophie is descended from King Henry IV. After graduating ...

ARCHBISHOPS have been very much in the news these past few weeks. York has conventionally had 98 of them, if you start counting from Paulinus in AD 627 who was in, reality, just a bishop (it wasn’t ...

the father of Henry IV and the grandfather of Henry V. Duke of Lancaster and a claimant to the throne of Castile, John of Gaunt (he was born in Ghent in 1340) was the richest nobleman and the greatest ...

ARCHBISHOPS have been very much in the news these past few weeks. York has conventionally had 98 of them, if you start counting from Paulinus in AD 627 who was in, reality, just a bishop (it wasn’t ...

1 Quarterback in NFL history had at least 14,500 passing yards and 2,800 rushing yards after making 66 regular-season starts ...