John Key says he is confident security for the Rugby World Cup will not be compromised by extending the deployment of the SAS in Afghanistan.

American sci-fi author Paolo Bacigalupi tells Stephen Jewell how his ruthless corporations’ environmental impact could be mirrored in real life.

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) will not play the Auckland Laneway Festival today due to a flight from Singapore that was delayed by more than seven hours.

Technical advances help windsurfing company chase overseas sales.

The Black Caps chase for victory in the third one-day cricket international against Pakistan limped to a failed 43-run defeat.

Carroll du Chateau discovers nothing is as it seems in Cambodia.

Jill Worrall's first trip to the east of Bhutan was nearly also her last...

Unfinished business is the theme of the new novel from best-selling author Kim Edwards.

As if to prove there is more to Auckland 2011 than rugby, there is an Arts Festival just around the corner, therefore, the time has come to study the programme, to sort through the pick 'n' mix box of yummy cultural chocolates on offer.

Keen hawkers scale China's enormous landmark daily, writes Duncan Gillies.

Even half an hour in Kolkata's Malik Ghat flower market is sufficient to overwhelm the senses, writes Jill Worrall.

Jim Eagles finds himself taken for a white-knuckle ride.

A tired Rebecca Barry gets taken for a ride in Bangkok.

With just 16 hours in South Korea's capital, adventure writer Ian D. Robinson plays tourist.