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Fonterra eyes yuan bond issue to fund China farms

Testing times (+recipes)

A trip to northern Thailand brings exotic experiences and confronting flavours.

Crocs snaps back from feared death roll

Another Christchurch quake victim named

Book Review: <i>Granta 112</i>

This issue of the British literary journal is dedicated to Pakistan.

India through the photographer's lens

<i>Herald</i> photographer Babiche Martens explores the world outside the glitzy hotels and spectacular mausoleums.

Couple's natural disaster-plagued honeymoon

Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters?

Honeymooning couple attract disasters

A honeymooning pair claim to have run into not one, but six natural disasters as they followed their itinerary around the globe.

Uzbekistan: A conqueror's imposing legacy

In the ancient city of Samarkand stands a monument to the grandiose vision of a brutal warlord. Jim Eagles writes.

Region to work together to combat people smuggling

Hong Kong: Revamped Ritz-Carlton is world's highest hotel

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.

Tennis: Hawera to host Davis Cup tie

New Zealand will host July's Davis Cup tennis tie with the Philippines at Hawera in the Taranaki.

Thailand warning after unexplained deaths

The parents of a New Zealand woman who died in mysterious circumstances while on holiday in Thailand are setting up a website to make others aware of the "very real dangers" in the Southeast Asian nation.

Leaking plutonium adds to problems at plant

Plutonium has been detected in small amounts at several spots outside the Fukushima power plant.

Ancient Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Monuments stand stoically to remind visitors of a grand civilisation.

JAL leaves court care smaller and less independent

Japan Airlines, once the world's largest international carrier, is set to emerge from bankruptcy administration this week as a smaller company more reliant on Asian routes and global partners.