A former New Zealand Vietnam war hero who was recently presented with a bravery award for saving the lives of Australian soldiers has died.

A Chinese bid to buy 20 NZ farms will be rejected or severely restricted after an Overseas Investment Office review, the Herald understands.

Forget the mosquitoes - the Commonwealth Games athletes village is officially open for businesss.

Organisers of the Delhi Commonwealth Games have dismissed Australian government warnings of terrorism risks.

The knives found near the body of a stabbed woman in a suitcase have been handed around a jury in a transparent case.

The NZOC says the decision of the three team sports to engage their own security advice ahead of the Delhi Games defies logic.

An Auckland woman died after being stabbed in the heart twice before having her body stuffed inside a suitcase, a court heard today.

New Zealand Commonwealth Games bosses have insisted they won't be cutting corners on security for next month's Delhi Games.

The 51st Traverse team are treated to overwhelming hospitality as they journey through Tajikistan, writes Rob Gray.

Advice on travelling in Asia with a toddler.

There is speculation that the fourth Bledisloe Cup test could be moved from Hong Kong to Europe due to poor ticket sales.

As a soldier in Vietnam, Karl Marlantes came face-to-face with war. Thirty years later he has turned that experience into a New York Times best-seller.

World celebrates 21 years in the fashion business and its ongoing plans to keep breaking barriers.

I was sitting in a restaurant in Urumqi, in northern China, enjoying the spicy food smells from the kitchen, when a plaintiff Australian voice quavered across the room, "I want steak, eggs and chips."

Matt Crook reports on a smack-you-in-the-face adventure.

In World War II the railway line between Thailand and Burma was built by Allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers to give the Japanese an overland supply route.

One-time factory worker Zhang Xin rode China's property boom.