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Silk Road: Tracing the path of ancient footsteps
Jim Eagles travels a well worn path through a historic landscape and finds plenty of remnants from its fascinating past still in place.
Playing hide and seek in Kazakhstan
Hospitality from an ex-pat Kiwi family in Kazakhstan provides a restful break for the 51st Traverse team.
Tourism foibles can be a challenge
I can't help wondering why countries like Uzbekistan, which want to attract more tourists, persist in making arrival unwelcoming.
Mfat trying to contact Kiwi in flood zone
Efforts to contact a New Zealander known to be in India's remote Himalayan region of Ladakh hit by flash floods are continuing today.
Search continues for missing pilot in Hong Kong
The search will continue today for an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing on a tramp in Hong Kong four days ago.
Surviving a bitter path to peace
A Kiwi soldier has published a book about his experience serving in Afghanistan.
200-plus searching for missing pilot
More than 200 people are searching for an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing on a tramp in Hong Kong three days ago.
Basketball: Breakers head to China
The NZ Breakers basketball team leave today for a hastily arranged trip to China to play in an annual pre-season tournament.
Indonesia: Stalking the world's most magical bean
Winston Aldworth finds a coffee culture of a different kind in this Balinese village.
Shaolin temple on heritage list
Shaolin temple, the Buddhist monastery that's also the birthplace of Chinese kung fu, is now a World Heritage site.
A painful but necessary reminder
Five years on I still get a lump in my throat when I think about visiting the Khmer Rouge's main torture centre in Phnom Penh.
Indian activists threaten to burn ship carrying NZ milk
Protests in India against imports of New Zealand dairy products have turned ugly.
Live updates: Pakistan plane crash
Get the latest on the crash which saw a passenger plane plunge into the isolated hills in Pakistan's capital.