An All Blacks supporter in Buenos Aires has a fractured jaw after being "king hit" with a motorbike helmet near the team's hotel.

A story of remarkable human endurance in the snow-covered Andes has taken a sombre turn.

As more Kiwis look to South America for adventure, Karen Phelps compiles a bucket list for the continent.

At least 52 people drowned in their homes and cars, were electrocuted or died in other accidents as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped Argentina's low-lying capital and province of Buenos Aires.

As summer sun bathes Argentina's capital, the city takes on a carnival air – just in time for its annual Shakespeare festival.

The Boca Juniors home ground, La Bombonera, is designed to intimidate, finds Patrick McKendry.

You feel the beating heart of this supercharged electric city, writes Paul Rush.

New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Mike Eagle and board director Gerard van Tilborg have been mugged in Argentina, just metres from the All Black's hotel.

Buenos Aires, the Paris of South America, is a city full of art, food, glamour and joie de vivre, writes Pamela Wade.