Esmond Martin has spent decades risking his life to expose the ivory trade.

Staff at a clinic in China saw woman throw something in a bin. Luckily they went to check.

Kim has splashed out on luxury resorts and apartments as well.

Rajesh Maru was told machine was switched off when he entered carrying oxygen cylinder.

Public told of escape three days after leopard went missing.

Andrew Fisher went around the world in 52 hours and 34 minutes.

Nurse Betty Jenkins is still going strong after 58 years of nursing.

Beijing is full of delicious food, representing thousands of years of culinary history.

India apparently has the highest incident of 'selfie deaths' in the world.

The city state's food stalls are delicious and fabulously cheap, writes Nicholas Jones.

Victim was quiet Chinese gambler who gave icecreams to children.

Flying rocks from the eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane killed a skier in Japan.

The local share market has taken a back seat to Wall Street's record gains.

A Michelin-star meal gives Helen van Berkel respite from the buzz of the city.

As Tim Warrington finds, not all travellers treat their destinations with respect.

Bill would require listing at least 10 languages as "national priority languages".

Diverse population spurs students to learn other nations' languages.

The woman is believed to have separated from her tour group.

China's leadership has made preventing financial risk a priority for the next three years

Calvin Lim, 29, of Christchurch died in a fall near Pinnacles Hut at Mt Somers.

Three Whanganui paddlers selected for national U18 canoe sprint team

Japan credits Helen Clark for making NZ "one of the best friends Japan could wish for".

NZ Golf Open tournament director Michael Glading was 16 floors up when the shaking began.

Poisoned syringes and dead dogs found after Chinese police raid gang workshop.

The AA says clamping while someone is in the car "smacks of revenue raising".

"They yanked off her jewellery, tore off her clothes and threw her to the floor."

Laura Harding discovers that the scented haven of Kerala is unlike any other.

Justine Tyerman encounters good humour and some odd food items on a road trip in Laos.

To tour the Golden Triangle is to observe the core of the country's multifaceted history.

Arlene Padawag-Cosme suffered a brain aneurysm four days after her baby girl was born