After sampling the French capital’s traditional tourist spots, head to the hipper places to be in Paris, writes Helen Barlow.

A French court has begun an inquiry into the "involuntary homicide" of a Bordeaux viticulturist who died of lung cancer after using a toxic pesticide on his grapes for 40 years.

The cool thing about ridesharing on your travels isn't just the savings on cash - it's the people you meet, writes Ben Stanley.

In what a police source called a "macabre mise en scene", the unnamed man's head was found attached to a fence outside the factory.

Rainbow Warrior saboteurs carried out practice missions before bombing Greenpeace's flagship in Auckland 30 years ago, according to sources in France.

Just when you thought men's tennis had settled into a steady pattern under the absolute monarchy of Novak Djokovic, the unassuming Stan Wawrinka popped up.

Talk of a permanent memorial for former All Black Jerry Collins is something Porirua mayor Nick Leggett is open to - but only once the family has had time to grieve.

Family and friends have made it to Montpellier to be beside Jerry Collins' critically-injured baby daughter, including her aunt from Canada and extended Samoan rugby family.

The woman who died alongside All Black great Jerry Collins in a horror crash that left their baby daughter fighting for her life never planned to be a mum.

Joanna Norris is chair of the New Zealand Media Freedom Committee and editor of the Press. The Canon Media Awards to be held on Friday celebrate media freedom.

Heidemarie Puetz visits a region where truffles have been cultivated since the early 19th century.

Playing rugby in France was "too testing" for former All Black Zac Guildford, who is returning to NZ just halfway through a four-year contract.

France's male politicians must end their sexist, lecherous ways, says a group of leading female political reporters.

Two New Zealand World War II veterans are set to be awarded France’s highest decoration in recognition of their war-time contributions.

A bitter row has erupted among top writers over the decision to award a top prize for freedom to Charlie Hebdo.

France's controversial ban on religious clothing in state schools has come under attack after a 15-year-old Muslim girl was sent home twice for wearing a long black skirt.

The Vatican is refusing to accept President Francois Hollande's ambassadorial choice, who is gay.

Left-wing intellectuals who accused the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo of going too far by publishing drawings of the Prophet Mohammad are guilty of "disgusting paternalism".

James Waddell is one of New Zealand's most decorated military heroes - but few have heard much about him.

One year before he made the cut for Lufthansa's elite flying school, Andreas Lubitz worked at a Burger King behind a car wash, flipping Whoppers and frying fries and talking to co-workers about his dream.

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employers, including having been excused by a doctor from work the day he crashed a passenger plane into a mountain, prosecutors said Friday.

Media reports tell of a disturbed young man in relationship crisis as friends say he was happy in job.

Police investigating the Germanwings crash said they had made a 'significant discovery' at the home of pilot Andreas Lubitz.

Germanwings last night would not confirm reports one of the two pilots on its doomed flight was locked out of the cockpit before the plane crashed in the French Alps.

One of the two pilots on the doomed Germanwings flight was apparently locked out of the cockpit before the plane crashed in the French Alps.

All that could be heard outside Joseph-Konig Gymnasium high school was birdsong and the quiet sobbing of pupils who had lost friends and classmates.

As the search and rescue helicopters descended from the high peaks, hope faded even of finding intact bodies from the Barcelona-Dusseldorf flight.

Aviation experts are focusing on the possibility that key sensors on the Airbus A320 could have iced up, causing the aircraft to descend rapidly.

Pilots and cabin crew refused to fly over concerns the crash may have been linked to a repair to the nose-wheel landing doors, according to an unconfirmed report in Spiegel magazine