Air New Zealand is farewelling the wide-body workhorse that opened up the Pacific Rim.

The 2017 Korean Day will be held at the North Shore Events Centre on Saturday.

NZ seems to be "beckoning China as an enemy", Australian journalist John Pilger says.

International animal protection groups are heading to Wellington Zoo to talk conservation.

Kiwi and Chinese scientists have teamed up in a new biotech venture targeting cancer.

The flight was delayed for more than 48 hours because of a mechanical fault.

A tourist who tried to disguise meth as chicken stock will spend 10 years in prison.

The Crown alleges Mikio Filitonga did not reveal he was HIV positive to his boyfriend.

Airbnb is showing China some love.

Readers share their tips and memories with Eli Orzessek.

A man has denied making up allegations his ex-boyfriend gave him HIV because he was angry about infidelity.

A man charged with knowingly infecting his partner with HIV promised he was "fine", a court has hear.

Think of Japan, and often the image that comes to mind is a futuristic one.

Milk exporter Oravida has put another $50,000 into the National Party's war chest.

Winston Aldworth flies from Auckland to Tokyo on NZ95.

Lucy Casley checks in to a Ho Chi Minh City hotel with an excellent rooftop pool and bar.

Migrants make up more than a quarter of New Zealand's population.

A deal to allow for 14 flights a week to Colombia has been signed and more agreements are in the pipeline.

Some measures of air safety have gone backwards, but the risk of being in a plane crash continues to fall.

Lucy Casley shares her guide to making the most of Hanoi's many treasures.

Millions more dollars have been invested by a Government superannuation fund in an international palm oil company embroiled in labour abuse allegations.

Take a look at why its possibly the funniest video of the year.

Thai wine importer JW Sam shares his top picks for what to see and do on tropical Borneo.

Microwave imaging could soon be available for breast screening to detect cancer.

The mother of the BBC expert whose interview about South Korea was abruptly interrupted by his children says she could have been the accidental cause of the hilarious gaffe.

A World Heritage site gives plenty of reasons to ponder its existence, writes Owen Young.

In a shocking new development, a rhino has been slaughtered at a French zoo for its horn.

Deborah Dickson Smith finds Bali's undiscovered north.

A Kiwi father on holiday with his family in Bali was kidnapped for more than four hours and forced to pay a card game which scammed him out of $2000.

French sailors Jean-Pierre and Paulette van Hille have returned to Tauranga after 20 years to continue their long love affair with New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.