Deborah Dickson Smith finds Bali's undiscovered north.

A Kiwi father on holiday with his family in Bali was kidnapped for more than four hours and forced to pay a card game which scammed him out of $2000.

French sailors Jean-Pierre and Paulette van Hille have returned to Tauranga after 20 years to continue their long love affair with New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

French sailors Jean-Pierre and Paulette van Hille have returned to Tauranga after 20 years to continue their long love affair with New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

New Zealand has sought advice on deradicalisation from the Malaysian Government.

North Korea has rejected an autopsy finding that nerve agent killed Kim Jong Nam.

Some mysteries you encounter while travelling you'll never get to the bottom of.

As modern influences come to Myanmar, the past is always near, writes Neda Vanovac.

Twenty three year-old Stefan Warnaar was inspired to start his business on his OE. Warnaar opens up about competition.

The thickest thieves ever have burnt an ATM they were trying to rob... And everything inside it.

Live crabs, stink bugs and ''miracle water'' are some of the most bizarre things intercepted at NZ's border.

Label has saved Luang Prabang's buildings but killed its soul, writes Denis D. Gray.

In Tokyo's crowds, Winston Aldworth, finds the small things matter a great deal.

Shaun Johnson: Across the Mekong screens on Sky Sport 2, on Monday February 27, at 8.30pm. For the full story, see this week's Sunday Travel magazine in the Herald on Sunday.

Air New Zealand faces a sharp fall in first half profits as increased competition puts pressure on yields and oil prices edge up.

New Zealand shares rose as Scales and Mercury gained and Comvita dropped after its earnings report. The S&P/NZX 50 Index rose 16.19

Xenia Taliotis checks into a rainforest hotel on a Bay of Bengal island.

The unusual phenomenon has been compared to a brightly coloured Paddle Pop.

Ancient water town conjures up a dreamlike vision of purity and simplicity, says Paul Rush.

Wreaths laid on beach where Japanese soldiers ordered nurses to walk into the sea and then shot.

There may be a whole lot more to little old New Zealand than three tiny islands tucked away in the Pacific.

COMMENT: The visa applications of the Indian students sheltering in an Auckland church are fraudulent and the law is the law.

COMMENT: As if driving on the wrong side of the road isn't confusing enough, what's really confusing is sitting in the wrong side of the car, writes Raybon Kan.

Fresh insight into secretive kingdom reveals the extent of the regime's use of kids as slaves. Here, two teens tell their stories.

Some return flights to Europe have fallen below $1000 and on sale to London for an "unheard" of $1099.

Dolphins are being strapped into tiny crates so that they can be transported perform in circuses where they are made to jump through hoops of fire.

President Donald Trump's official counsellor, Kellyanne Conway has told TV audiences to "go buy Ivanka's stuff".

Rod Pascoe stays at the Park Hyatt on Hainan Island, China.

It appears that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco is not over yet. A "minor fire" broke out at the factory that manufactures the malicious

Immigration and the economy among topics English and Trump discuss in brief telephone call.