COMMENT: Kiwis, don't come and eat in France or Spain with that tuck-in mentality to a good feed. They just don't get it in these parts, says Alan Duff.

Paris might be a must-see, but the city of love doesn't come cheap.

Francesca Gosling sleeps on board in the lap of luxury and hops off to explore a new Riviera destination every day.

Courtney Whitaker stays at the Hotel Bastille Boutet MGallery by Sofitel, Paris.

Where y'all from? That friendly Texan drawl is the icebreaker to meeting fellow travellers on our river cruise on the Rhine and Moselle waters.

Kim Kardashian West has fled Paris after being bound and robbed with a gun to her temple by five men dressed as police in Paris.

Kim Kardashian had almost NZ$15.5 million worth of jewellery stolen by at least two armed masked men dressed as police officers when she was robbed at gunpoint.

The true core of the city of love and light is its food, top chef Raymond Blanc tells Ella Walker.

Larger-than-life actor Gerard Depardieu said his homeland France is becoming a playground for foreigners "populated by imbeciles making wine and stinky cheese".

'The nearest approach to hell imaginable' were the words Prince Charles used to describe the Battle of the Somme.

A crowd gathered on the fields of the Somme has heard the sporadic beats of a drum depicting a heart slowly taking its last beats in a sobering sunset ceremony.

It's 100 years to the day that New Zealand troops joined the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Prince Charles paid tribute to New Zealand's role in war.

While Gallipoli resonates more strongly with Kiwis, the casualties at the Somme were worse - where more than 2000 died and another 6000 were injured.

A commemorative sculpture will be unveiled in Wellington on Thursday for the centenary of the New Zealanders' involvement in the Battle

COMMENT: Burkinis be damned is the one-sided debate raging here in France. Comeback king Nicolas Sarkozy has promised voters he'll ban the burkini.

A "knee-jerk" law banning the burkini could fuel further Islamist attacks on France, Francois Hollande warned yesterday in a speech.

Nightfall has prevented the rescue of 60 tourists trapped in cable cars near Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border.

The United Kingdom will begin work on a four-metre high wall in France to stop migrants getting in.

The body of missing Kiwi Rhys Cochrane has been found under the superyacht he was working on off the French coast.

This family of four got by on $350 a day - and so can you.

Coca-Cola workers found a huge stash of cocaine when they opened a delivery of fruit juice concentrate from Costa Rica at a factory.

Churches should have a 'bouncer' on the door throughout services to improve security an expert warns small parish churches are more at risk of attack.

As 85 people lay dying around her on Bastille Day in the Nice terror attacks, Adelaide Stratton's life was saved by a good samaritan who refused to let go.

A controversial ban on the burkini was overturned by France's highest administrative court, prompting a Right-wing backlash as mayors vowed to defy the ruling.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French President, has called for a burkini ban across France.

The French town of Bayeux is better known for its tapestry, but Paul Mulrooney finds another reason to visit.

New Zealand soldiers' experiences in France during the First World War will be remembered in a special national commemoration.

The principal railway station for Disneyland Paris was evacuated after a 'suspicious package' was found inside.

Once you're inside this cross-border hotel, you can walk from one country to the other in seconds.

A fire swept through a birthday party in the basement of a bar in the city of Rouen, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others.