Our intrepid foodie finds a perfect rendition of peasant cuisine, coq qu vin, in a tiny village in southern France.

Three Kiwi Francophiles share what it's like to get past France's tourist veneer.

It takes a whole day to make but a French cassoulet is worth the effort, writes Grant Allen.

Fear that the debt crisis in Europe is spreading has sent investors running for the exits, hammering both global equities and the euro.

The number is 14 and rising, but Eric Murray insists he's not keeping count.

White blonde is having something of a fashionable resurgence. Harriet Walker dyed her hair to see what the fuss was about.

Over 100 people are missing after a passenger boat sank in the Volga River. Emotional reunions were plentiful as the shaken survivors returned to dry land.

A 17-year-old model from Matamata is touted to give Kate Moss a run for her money.

Little is known about the migration of the cuckoo.

Despite a less aggressive image the violence committed by these extremists continues to increase dramatically.

New Zealand war heroes in their 90s ended up paying to attend commemorations in Europe.

Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?

Players who miss the cut should not be criticised if they choose to take up lucrative overseas offers.

A New Zealand journalist who works for Rupert Murdoch's axed News of the World tabloid says it's been "utterly, completely cleaned up" up over the past few years and "is not the newspaper I work for".

Retailers helped boost Wall Street after a surprisingly buoyant jobs report and better-than-expected sales at big retailers.