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Paris: Learning to float

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.

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.

Kiwi remembered for 'huge smile'

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.

Missing Kiwi's body found in France

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

How to visit Paris on the cheap

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

Coke factory: 370kgs of drugs found

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 need bouncers to avoid terrorism

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.

Saved by a stranger in Nice

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.

Burkini ban ruled illegal in France

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.

Sarkozy calls for national burkini ban

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

Normandy: Writing the lines of duty

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