New Zealand woman has close call with two hungry Galapagos sharks while spearfishing.

Abuse survivor Maria has an empowering message for others. Distressing content.

Crime in Rio is making it dangerous for tourists, and locals are flocking to Australia.

Adopted rescue puppy spotted sharing a blanket with a stray dog on a chilly morning.

Boss of a cocaine empire spent 30 years using plastic surgery to avoid being caught.

NZ will find out tomorrow whether it has secured a new trade deal.

A pregnant woman who went to pick up donated clothes for her baby was butchered.

Woman lays complaint with Human Rights Commission over landlord's stipulation.

Brazilian President is facing growing calls for his resignation over a corruption scandal.

Woman charged after 4.6kg of cocaine allegedly found in luggage.

Video shows boa constrictor squirming as dozens of white quills protrude from its skin.

International animal protection groups are heading to Wellington Zoo to talk conservation.

Here are some questions and answers about what goes into the big show that is Carnival.

Police in Brazil made a shocking discovery when they found a kidnapped woman in a car boot during a routine check.

Rio de Janeiro is making final preparations for its annual carnival, known as the "world's biggest spectacle".

NZ exchange student describes scenes in the city of Vitoria as 'horrific and extremely disturbing'.

It's hard giving up summer for an overseas holiday, so why torture yourself? We've come up with five of the world's best summer destinations.

The growth in new air routes is stoking travel by New Zealanders to new destinations, according to a House of Travel survey.

Bolivia's aviation authority has suspended the licence of the airline behind the horrific plane crash as blame shifted to the pilot and co-owner of the airline.

The desperate last words of the pilot flying the doomed jet carrying a Brazilian football team have emerged.

An Australian comedian has been forced to apologise after he tweeted an off-colour joke about a plane crash that killed 71 people

Investigators already have an idea of what's to blame for the plane crash tragedy that killed 71 passengers, including a beloved football team.

This is the heartbreaking moment a Brazilian footballer found out he was to become a father - just one week before he was killed in the Colombian jet crash.

Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo was one of just seven people initially found alive after a charter plane crashed in Colombia killing 75 people.

The footballers of Chapecoense changed to the doomed plane after Brazilian officials prevented them from taking a charter flight, it has been claimed.

Grant Bradley gets a ride in an experimental Brazilian cargo plane, dipping, ducking and diving over the plantations of Sao Paulo state.

The best of NZ Herald Business: Brazilian plane maker Embraer has developed a twin jet airlifter that is in the running to replace the RNZAF's aging Hercules.

Remarkable new images have emerged of an uncontacted tribal community in the Brazilian Amazon which environmentalists fear could be destroyed by outside influences.

A prison riot in northern Brazil has reportedly left 25 inmates dead, seven of them decapitated and six burned to death.

The wife of Brazil's answer to Donald Trump has become the laughing stock of the country after she gave an interview - while driving