A record $30 million was spent on horses at yesterday's Karaka bloodstock auctions.

New Zealand's thoroughbred horses have caught the attention of one of the world's most powerful men.

A British tourist allegedly gang-raped in Dubai faces a prison sentence and needs $42,200 for legal fees after police accused her of having "extra-marital sex".

Have you ever wondered what happens to an iPhone when it's dropped from the tallest tower in the world?

The 140,000-square-metre adventure park is one of two major theme parks opening this year in Dubai.

Graham Reid spends 24 hours in Dubai International's famously huge and busy terminals.

Dubai's new rainforest hotel will make for a unique guest experience.

A survivor of the Dubai plane crash may be the luckiest man in the world after he won a $1 million lottery just six days later.

Christopher Adams runs into an alarming situation in a Middle Eastern market.

New Year partygoers escaped an inferno in a 63-storey Dubai hotel yesterday.

Josh Emett dines out in Dubai and discovers the best creme brulee he has tasted.

A Qantas flight from Dubai to Sydney was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Perth due to an issue with one of its fuel pumps.

The kiwi who headed the project to build the world's tallest tower has moved on - to work on the world's tallest new tower.

Once upon a time Patricia Greig had the good fortune of a luxury stopover in Dubai.

In Dubai, Peter Calder looks on enviously as the well-heeled browse among $12,000 bottles of wine.

Dubai is on a mission to cut power and water use as the rising costs of fuel and desalination threaten future growth.

James Lane limbers up for a gastronomic adventure with a long-overdue massage.

James Lane goes in search of ostentatious Dubai's subtle side.

There is more to see in Dubai than the world’s tallest building, largest shopping malls and indoor ski fields. Situated conveniently between New Zealand and Europe, Dubai makes an excellent stopover, but it’s also a cool destination in its own right.

There is more to see in Dubai than the world’s tallest building, largest shopping malls and indoor ski fields. Situated conveniently between New Zealand and Europe, Dubai makes an excellent stopover, but it’s also a cool destination in its own right.

Dubai, famed for its mega-projects before it was hit by the global financial crisis, has announced a new development to open the world's biggest mall and a park larger than London's Hyde Park.

Bigger, taller, glitzier - it's how they do things in Dubai, and little problems like a property crash aren't being allowed to dampen the mood. Chris Barton reports.

The Kiwi at the centre of a fiery love triangle has been freed from a Dubai prison cell.