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Sri Lanka: The Airbnb shuffle
Jonathan Norman checks out when he discovers there's no bowl to eat his cornflakes from.

Family from China hire chopper to search for missing man
Laurence Wu had recently broken up with his girlfriend before his disappearance.

Kobe: Highs and lows
Neil Porten visits the hills and the harbourside to check out historic sites.

Life in the slow lane for 'deadbeat' Chinese
China has relegated 13 million of its citizens to life in the slow lane.

Sex tourism ad campaign pulled by AirAsia
AirAsia has ended an ad campaign accused of promoting sex tourism.

Man does icy ultra marathon in jeans after luggage goes missing
Man lost specialist gear for 160km trek but soldiered on in his clothes from the flight.

Dan Carter's hidden gems for Kiwis visiting Japan
All Black legend Dan Carter recommends some hidden gems for Kiwis visiting Japan.

Tokyo: Stranger delights for the RWC 2019
Tokyo has many other intriguing delights for visitors as Dylan Cleaver discovers

India's babies first to use Kiwi invention
Sir Ray Avery's LifePod incubators voluntarily delayed in India for extra checks

Thailand: Fiona Bruce returns to paradise
Fiona Bruce revisits the country she visited as a backpacker 30 years ago.

How 36 minutes of terror unfolded in Christchurch
How the terror of the Christchurch mosque shootings unfolded.

Orangutan blinded after being shot 74 times with air gun
Orangutan populations have plummeted since 1999 due to the palm oil and paper industries.

Starving whale 'killed by 40kg of plastic'
Activists called it one of the worst cases of poisoning they have seen.

Flash floods, earthquake in Indonesia kill over 80
The disaster-prone country has been hit by an earthquake and torrential rain.

Faces of the dead, missing and injured
New details are emerging of the dead, the missing and the injured.

The influencers more powerful than the Kardashians
After a collaboration with Mini went live, 100 cars were sold in five minutes.

Passengers tracked down after man on flight got measles
The man was said to be a Cathay Pacific flight attendant.

Japan's blossoming AI technology predicts cherry bloom
As cherry blossoms bloom early in Japan, AI is being used to predict the start of spring.

Meth epidemic now Southeast Asia's biggest drug problem
Heroin is no longer the main drug of concern in East and Southeast Asian countries.

Thailand: A Bite of Bangkok
Residents of the Thai capital share their inside knowlege, writes Linda Meads.

Five years since MH370: Kiwis' connection to major air disasters
Four people with links to New Zealand died in the 2014 Malaysia Airlines disasters.

Nearly half of North Korea's population are underfed
About 11 million people are undernourished in the closed-off country, the UN says.

Top dog - stray summits Himalayan mountain
Mera reached the top of Baruntse in Nepal without any assistance.

Māori feel positive about Asians, but not Asian immigration - study
Eight in 10 Māori positive about Asians but just three in 10 welcomed Asian migration

Taiwan: Rich history
The island nation off the Chinese mainland has a fascinating and proud culture.

NZ rated least dangerous place to live for women in Asia Pacific
The study analysed 14 countries based on safety, healthcare and opportunities.