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

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.

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

Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst is not noted for his prolific output, so a new novel is always a great event. And his latest could be his best yet.

Little is known about the migration of the cuckoo.

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

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

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.

Stir caused by opera character's sexual identity shows society still mired in paranoia.

Jane Shepherdson changed the way women shop and has been dubbed the most important person in fashion.