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

A former Queenstown Resort College student who died in France earlier this week had a carefree and adventurous approach to life, a former tutor says.

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 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.

Thirteen people are dead and six injured after a fire tore through a crowded bar in the French city of Rouen.

COMMENT: The message is clear: there is, from now on, no safe haven from terror on French soil.

A boat has been evacuated at a French port due to a bomb scare on board.

One of the Isis knifemen who stormed a church in Normandy before slitting the throat of an elderly priest has been named as known terror threat.

Donald Trump says France and Germany have "totally" been compromised by terrorism and their citizens should receive "extreme vetting" before entering the US.

Hundreds, if not thousands, have endured invisible scars that could take a long time to heal, if they ever do, say psychologists and victims.

The man who killed 84 people when he drove a truck into a crowd in Nice sent text messages just before the attack over "satisfaction" with his supply of weapons.

Widely reported rumours about the alleged torture of victims in the Bataclan theatre massacre last November have been debunked.

A profile is built up of an angry loner recently arrived from Tunisia.

A trainee New Zealand doctor is electing to stay in Nice after last week's terror attack despite being given the option of returning home early.

COMMENT: It's been 15 years since we entered the murky world of modern terrorism. First they came for the businessmen, now they have come for the families.

A minute's silence will be held at the French Embassy in Wellington on Monday to pay tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack in Nice.

France has become disturbingly familiar with terror attacks on home soil but while there are still many questions to be answered, at the top of the list is, why?

A Dunedin man who witnessed the carnage in Nice says the truck that mowed down Bastille Day revellers passed within metres of him. Hamish

One moment, the famous Nice waterfront boulevard was packed with people watching Bastille Day fireworks exploding over the Mediterranean. But

It was a lovely night in Nice, Damien Allemand recalled.

The MFAT has tonight confirmed there are no indications, at this stage, that any New Zealanders are among victims of the terror attack in Nice.