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Time to book for Tour de France

Demand is running high, so now is the time to book an epic trip around next year's Tour de France.

Another mega-jewellery heist in Paris

A Paris travel tip for the uber-rich: Think about keeping your valuables at home.

Another terror attack foiled in France

Seven men arrested by anti-terror police in France initially planned to target the Euro 2016 European soccer, police say.

Bar/fly: Carry Nation, Marseille

Courtney Whitaker finds the secret door that unlocks a feast of clandestine cocktails in a Marseille speakeasy.

WWII paratrooper dies on Remembrance Sunday

A World War Two paratrooper who survived being shot four times in the conflict died on Remembrance Sunday while the Last Post played at 11am.

Women cheat on men who avoid housework

Study finds if men don't pull their weight around the house, infidelity is more likely.

Editorial: France needs help to resist terror

It is a year since terrorists launched co-ordinated attacks in Paris and slaughtered 130 innocent people.

Survivor returns to site where friend died

A year after Nick Alexander died in Bataclan massacre, the friend who held him to the end braved her demons to attend a concert to reopen the Paris venue.

Winning design for war memorial revealed

A French memorial will be added to the War Memorial Park in Wellington after a winning design was chosen from 43 entries.

Kardashian: 'Worst moment of my life'

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.

Questions after Kardashian robbed

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.

Paris: Positively French

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

Depardieu: France populated by imbeciles

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

Maori kites a hit in Dieppe

Harko Brown, his daughters Billie and Yves and stepson Joshua Rewha, will be in need of a holiday when they return home to the Far

NZ's role in Battle of the Somme honoured

Among the headstones of those who never returned home, hundreds gathered in the tiny town of Longueval, in northern France.

Prince Charles dons NZ uniform

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

Somme 100 - Kiwi troops remembered

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.

Somme 100: National character revealed

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.