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Nice work if you can get it in France

Three Kiwi Francophiles share what it's like to get past France's tourist veneer.

NZ Chinese support Australian racism apology

Julian Assange back in court to fight extradition

Italy catches cold as world markets dip overnight

Fear that the debt crisis in Europe is spreading has sent investors running for the exits, hammering both global equities and the euro.

Presidential candidate hits out at web gossip

Rowing: Kiwi pair a class above British rivals

The number is 14 and rising, but Eric Murray insists he's not keeping count.

Rich Italians buy private islands as beaches lose their charm

An experiment in being blonde

White blonde is having something of a fashionable resurgence. Harriet Walker dyed her hair to see what the fuss was about.

Cuckoos blog their flight path

Little is known about the migration of the cuckoo.

Wynne Gray: Foreign lands call to those left out

Players who miss the cut should not be criticised if they choose to take up lucrative overseas offers.

Veterans made do as minister basked in luxury

New Zealand war heroes in their 90s ended up paying to attend commemorations in Europe.

Neo-Nazis ditch skinhead image in bid to entice voters

Despite a less aggressive image the violence committed by these extremists continues to increase dramatically.

A poor state of health for nation's needy

Dictator puts on a good show

Paul Thomas: I'll take boring over US loony extremes

Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?

Tabloid closure 'devastating' - NZer

A New Zealand journalist who works for Rupert Murdoch's axed <i>News of the World</i> tabloid says it's been "utterly, completely cleaned up" up over the past few years and "is not the newspaper I work for".