Prime Minister John Key was in Paris watching an fireworks display on Bastille Day when he heard news about the "horrific" attack in Nice of innocent people watching fireworks themselves.

New Zealanders caught up in the Nice terror attack that killed at least 84 people have spoken about the horror as a truck mowed down hundreds of revellers.

The driver of a lorry used for the attack Nice is believed to have been a 30-year-old French-Tunisian criminal well known to the police for armed attacks.

LIVE UPDATES: Dawn has revealed pools of dried blood, smashed children's strollers, and other debris strewn about following a deadly terror attack on the streets of Nice.

COMMENT: This attack in Nice does appear to be a part of a pattern as ISIS continue to hurt countries responsible for the airstrikes

The granddaughter of rugby great Colin Meads was in a nightclub in Nice just minutes away from where the scene of terror where at least 80 people were killed.

Ten young New Zealand students are travelling to France in September to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

One of the country's top mountain guides has been killed after he was swept away by an avalanche in the French Alps.

The incident was in the same area as an avalanche in July 2012, which claimed nine lives.

Eurostar passengers were left stranded in Paris overnight after a tourist attempted to board a London-bound train with a WWII artillery shell.

A small town surrounded by farms has become the first in France to ban the use of pesticides within 50m of homes.

Record numbers of migrants gathering in Calais have sparked fears of a summer of violence and chaos.

Google's offices in Paris have been raided by police in an investigation into money laundering and "aggravated tax fraud".

The EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea was emblazoned with the words "we will bring this plane down" two years ago.

The EgyptAir flight disappearance could be the result of a bomb, according to a prominent counter-terrorism researcher.

The actresses all went barefoot or in flat shoes for photo calls and film premieres.

COMMENT: Visiting French PM Manuel Valls acknowledges the talent and experience of Helen Clark, but says it is too early to have a formal opinion on whether she should have the top UN job, writes Barry Soper.

French prime minister Manuel Valls tells political editor Audrey Young that Paris wants much closer co-operation with New Zealand in several areas.

Shocking footage of an ISIS suicide bomber detonating his bomb in a Paris restaurant has been broadcast for the first time in France.

Surrounded by 35 sharks in an underwater chamber, three couples have experienced a unique way to spend a romantic evening in Paris.

Air France staff protesting against gay flight crew being forced to fly to Iran.

For the first time the entire Stone Age grotto with its more than 1900 animal paintings is being reproduced.

COMMENT: Money and hope fuel TV conference in France where a writer's dreams can come true, or be dashed.

Tourists from all over the world are flocking to a tiny French seaside town where nothing is left to the imagination.

The terrorists who carried out the attacks on the Brussels airport and metro had initially planned an attack on France instead, the Belgian federal prosecutor said.

Stop! This is the empire of the dead, reads a sign greeting visitors at the entrance to the two-kilometre long tunnels filled with bones, writes Patrick Fort.

France's national army museum has recreated the home where Napoleon lived his final years.

Air France stewardesses, furious at being ordered to wear headscarves in Tehran, say they will refuse to fly to the Iranian capital when the airline resumes.

It being midday and the sun being out, the mayor of Volvic was on the beer. Not the famous local water.