The Great Wall. The Forbidden City. Some of the world's greatest sights but how do you get to see them? Ewan McDonald braves Beijing on his own.

Helen van Berkel gets a surprisingly warm welcome in colourful and tumultuous Nepal.

New Zealand breakfast food has become a hit in China after Weet-Bix was featured prominently in a popular Chinese TV drama Ode to Joy.

A Nepalese mother-of-two is in tears after INZ granted permanent residency for one of her sons but not the other.

A passenger plane touched down at the wrong airport after pilots ignored on-board navigation equipment.

A question for incoming Auckland Mayor Phil Goff: How will you lift the city's economic relationship with China? One in 12 Aucklanders

Fonterra's strategy of shifting more milk, quicker, into the value-added side of the business is gaining momentum after getting off

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has been ruthless in his crackdown on suspected drug dealers in his country and now he has banned smoking.

China has effectively told New Zealand to butt out of the dispute in the South China Sea .

Medicine ads pulled off Chinese language sites after inquiries made.

Hot sand presses down on my chest and legs causing a tingling hot sensation to pulse through my legs, arms and back.

Up to 100 New Zealand soldiers' bodies could be brought home from overseas, after the Government confirmed it was reviewing its policy on repatriation.

Watch NZH Local Focus: The largest container ship to enter a New Zealand port, the MV Aotea Maersk, has made its maiden visit to Tauranga.

Malaysia Airlines did not meet its own rules for tracking the location of lost Flight MH370 while it was in the air, a new book has claimed.

New Zealand is helping Indonesia with a novel problem - managing its hugely lucrative fishery without using explosives.

Helen van Berkel finds staying with a local family in Nepal one of the most enriching travel experiences of her life.

Love doesn't appear to conquer all in China. With couples lining up to divorce amid fears of limits on how many properties married couples can own.

Casinos are everywhere and they accommodate all budgets. The Venetian casino is particularly nice and non-threatening for novices like myself.

Driving into Hong Kong from the airport for my first ever visit, I'm struck by how green this fast-paced and high-energy Asian city is.

Nida sends Grant Bradley in search of epic surf; instead he finds a tranquil haven minutes from bustling Kowloon.

For centuries, this sleepy valley nestled in the Indian Himalayas remained a hidden Buddhist enclave forbidden to outsiders.

A riverboat journey takes Bev Wood off the beaten track and deep into Cambodia's heartland.

Turkmenistan's new airport was recently completed at great cost. There's just one problem ...

Success inside China's most-valuable public company sometimes requires a bit of cannibalisation.

An explosion on a ferry carrying tourists from Bali to the Gili Island off Lombok has killed a German woman and a 12-year-old girl from Austria.

It may be housed in a retired passenger jet, but China's latest fine-dining restaurant has more on the menu than the typical mile-high cuisine.

I am going to Burma and Cambodia in October but I can't seem to find out what vaccinations, if any, I should have.

A proposed bill to outlaw the production, sale and consumption of alcohol across Indonesia carries a jail sentence of up to 10 years.

COMMENT: The great Asian opportunity for Australia is largely untapped despite years of trying to get it right.

Head away from the hustle and bustle to find a different side to Tokyo, suggests Linda Lombardi.