Getting lost is part of discovering an unfamiliar city. And, as Chris Pritchard discovers, negotiating the streets of Kyoto throws up some unique challenges.

This month's toll of job losses is striking - but it's a reflection of a slowing of the Chinese economy. It's time to look for jobs that have a future.

Parking congestion at Auckland mosque more pressing issue than conflagration over clumsy anti-Islamic production.

Bollard bids farewell to his 'cool job.'

It's not hard to see why Rudyard Kipling felt moved to employ a little license in his famous poem, writes Rosemary Cooper.

Nothing goes to waste at a Hong Kong market stall, finds Peter Calder.

Asia's first Legoland theme park opened to packed crowds in southern Malaysia on yesterday.

Jane Jeffries and her elderly parents look to access all areas in Hanoi.

Graham Reid leaves the clash and chaos of Kunming behind for a day of quiet.

Norwegian newsprint giant Norske Skog confirmed today that it will halve newsprint production at its Tasman Mill at Kawerau. A union claims more than 100 of the 280 employees may lose their jobs.

Clear cut results are thin on the ground but Prime Minister John Key said today he was happy with this year's Apec economic meeting in Vladivostok, Russia.

Boozy fun in Laos comes laced with danger, writes Belinda Merhab.

A group of Romanians have been prevented from entering New Zealand amid suspicions they were planning a crime spree down Auckland's Queen St.

Getting a tattoo in Japan means forever entering the world of other people with tattoos and staying within it.

The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.