From the humble beginnings of butter chicken, curries are now a popular part of the Western menu.

I don't usually like heights. I was reminded of this a couple of times during my time in Koh Samui.

Getting more Bangkok for your buck is fraught with pitfalls for rookie westerners.

Many of Tashkent's streets are built on an impressively generous scale - a legacy of the Soviet era.

Jim Eagles travels a well worn path through a historic landscape and finds plenty of remnants from its fascinating past still in place.

Hospitality from an ex-pat Kiwi family in Kazakhstan provides a restful break for the 51st Traverse team.

I can't help wondering why countries like Uzbekistan, which want to attract more tourists, persist in making arrival unwelcoming.

Efforts to contact a New Zealander known to be in India's remote Himalayan region of Ladakh hit by flash floods are continuing today.

The search will continue today for an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing on a tramp in Hong Kong four days ago.

A Kiwi soldier has published a book about his experience serving in Afghanistan.

More than 200 people are searching for an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing on a tramp in Hong Kong three days ago.

The NZ Breakers basketball team leave today for a hastily arranged trip to China to play in an annual pre-season tournament.

Winston Aldworth finds a coffee culture of a different kind in this Balinese village.

Spicy food flavoured with hot chilli peppers contains a natural chemical ingredient that may lower blood pressure, the study revealed.