Former ARU boss says Argentina, Japan and a South African team should be dumped from Super Rugby - but don't touch the Aussie teams.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Junior distance runner Quinn Gardiner-Hall is just weeks away from following in the footsteps of his heroes to the icy southern land.

The Fuhrer may have used a secret runway to escape his Berlin bunker and flee to South America in a Luftwaffe plane.

About 1000 people have been evacuated in the northern Argentine province of Jujuy after intense rains caused a mudslide that killed two women.

Argentina was one of the world's 10 richest countries at the turn of the last century, but inequality stopped the country's growth in its tracks.

The growth in new air routes is stoking travel by New Zealanders to new destinations, according to a House of Travel survey.

This is the heartbreaking moment a Brazilian footballer found out he was to become a father - just one week before he was killed in the Colombian jet crash.

Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo was one of just seven people initially found alive after a charter plane crashed in Colombia killing 75 people.

Argentine reporter delivered an explosive claim: Trump asked country's leader for help getting permits for a stalled Trump tower project in Buenos Aires.

Andrew Parsons beds down in the only hotel on the Argentinian side of the famous Iguazu Falls.

Herald rugby writer Wynne Gray answers all the questions following the All Blacks' 36-17 win over Argentina today.

Derek Cheng rejoices in the spectacular scenery of Nahuel Huapi National Park.

The Mocona Falls almost seems to defy logic.

Passengers and cabin crew were left in neck braces with bleeding heads after a flight from Lima to Buenos Aires hit severe turbulence.

Grace Ramirez - chef, TV personality and author- shares her Mendoza highlights.

Thousands of earthlings have descended on Capilla del Monte in Argentina for an annual international alien festival.

On a flying visit, Hamish Fletcher finds there's potential - and pitfalls - for NZ businesses in South America's second-largest economy.

Former All Blacks skipper reveals primal fear while sharing flight with the Herald: "I don't think a horse will enjoy a big lump like me on it."

Air NZ's first South American route has been years in the planning, reports Grant Bradley.

Two Argentinian airline pilots have been fired after they let a local model into the cockpit during take-off.

Buenos Aires is home to an endangered species - the bookstore. Debora Rey explains.

Of all the top young players on show at the Fifa Under-20 World Cup, few have more pressure on their shoulders than Giovanni Simeone.

Paul Rush feels the beating heart of an electric city of uninhibited charm.

Buenos Aires heaves with history, architecture, a thumping nightlife — and crazy passionate football fans, as Emma Land discovers.

This footage shows the incredible moment that boaters were almost decapitated by a low-flying plane which passed just a few feet above their heads.

Family of slain New Zealand tourist Nick Heyward have spoken of the "hole in their hearts" a year after his death in South America.

Southern Chile's Calbuco volcano has erupted for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash 10km into the sky.

Jeremy Clarkson will go ahead with a live tour alongside his Top Gear co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May despite his sacking by the BBC.

In the Argentinian capital, Winston Aldworth finds that meat and mating are on the brain.