The jury is out in the Emily Longley murder case.

Simon Winter struggles to get any kip in a dorm room full of snoring hikers.

Simon Winter encounters all manner of wanderers on the Spanish Pilgrim Trail.

Here's some news New Zealand, we don't have the world's worst internet. In fact it's in a small Spanish village...

The 775-kilometre Spanish Pilgrim Trail, which runs from St-Jean Pied-de-Port, on the French side of the Pyrennes, to Santiago De Compostella, on Spain's far north-western coast, attracts tens of thousands of walkers each year. Former nzherald.co.nz news editor Simon Winter took on the trail in 2012 - these photos document some of his journey. Click here to read Simon's blog about the trip.

The increasing likelihood of Greece leaving the euro-zone has sent world sharemarkets down overnight.

Michele Hewitson ticks off the items on her Paris to-do lists and discovers even more to do.

World sharemarkets have stayed stable overnight, as investors appear unperturbed at the outcome of elections in France and Greece.

Neither contour lines nor 'panoramic' representations do justice to the sheer exuberant topography of South Tyrol, writes Ben Ross.

As the French prepare to vote on Monday, Mary Dejevsky says the outcome is far from certain

Twenty-seven kilometres up and over the Pyrenees is one of the bigger days on the 775km trail.

This tiny Portuguese island was once home to Christopher Columbus, writes Sarah Baxter.