Keagan Girdlestone came close to death after slamming into the back of a suddenly-braking race vehicle.

The New Zealand dollar and stock exchange have bounced this morning after weekend polls in the UK showed Brexit risk falling.

In just four days, more than £98 billion has been wiped off the value of Britain's biggest companies.

EgyptAir plane crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 people on board.

Experts warn a looming vote could spark "the destruction of Western political civilisation".

The New Zealand dollar popped above 50p overnight on concern the UK may vote to leave the European Union in the "Brexit" referendum next week.

Switzerland is considering a plan to pay its people for doing nothing.

The doomed EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month with the loss of 66 lives was forced three times to turn around after taking off.

The world needs to act together on the refugee crisis gripping Europe, European Council president Donald Tusk said yesterday.

Thousands of Kiwis are packing their sunhats and sun cream, preparing for a winter getaway.

We entered the clearing and stopped, breathing hard after snowshoeing through deep powder.

Eurostar rail passenger numbers have fallen as travellers "remain cautious" following the Brussels terror attacks.

The plan was three weeks and then back home. But Kirrily Schwarz has found a way to stretch her money and is still going after eight weeks.

They are the bucket-list destinations tourists are loving to death. Some of these sites have been shut down, while for others the risk lingers.

Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homelands.

This sinister botanical wonderland is home to 100 of the world's most lethal plants...

It is not often that international solutions work so well but when it happens, it deserves a tentative cheer.

Well, for one, it's pretty magical to get to experience a white Christmas - sure, it'll be extremely cold, but Europe does Christmas exceptionally well.

Half of Western European men are descended from one Bronze Age "king" who sired a dynasty of nobles which spread throughout Europe, a study has shown.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was asked to reminisce about her fondest moments with President Barack Obama during the seven years of his presidency.

Swiss watch exports posted the biggest quarterly drop since 2009 as the industry faces declining demand across all its main markets.

Three writers share their exciting cruise ship discoveries

Swiss police raided the Uefa yesterday about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers signed by the head of the global football body Fifa.

COMMENT: The only way to seal a frontier is to kill people who try to cross it illegally. The Iron Curtain worked pretty well, for example.

Mention Arnold Schwarzenegger and almost no one will imagine glow-in-the-dark condoms.

To the Belgian beer drinker, the term "craft" beer is not the johnny-come-lately preserve of beardy hipsters quaffing the latest microbrew from jam jars.