Paul Torday produces an intriguing page-turner that won't fail to surprise.

BioVittora has big plans for natural sweetener, despite investors' earlier snub.

The New Zealand pinot noir movement is gathering pace and the great and good of the wine world jetted in from Singapore, Stockholm and San Francisco last week to experience Central Otago's take on the grape.

This work of speculative fiction arrives on New Zealand shelves with the degree of hype usually reserved for angst-ridden teen vamps or boy wizards.

NZ's forest ecosystems are the second most threatened in the world and house only 5 per cent of their original habitat, according to an international report.

There are thought to be only about 11,000 black-necked cranes in the world.

A visit to an ancestral temple at a famous Chinese beauty spot earned Jim Eagles a blessing from an ancient goddess.

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.

UBNZ Funds Management has pulled out of the running to purchase the Crafar farms, after it its bid failed the 'good character test'.

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.