As Dan Carter's departure after the World Cup looks set to create a large hole in the All Black ranks, Gregor Paul looks at European clubs' continuing ability to pay the big bucks and lure top players away.

The two European superpowers, long distrustful of each other, have entered into a Defence Treaty.

Making wine without chemicals and other processing techniques is slowly catching on here.

There are a handful of NZ bands in New York for the CMJ Music Marathon, but that's not our only international presence by a long shot.

Take a flick though our gallery of NZ bands around the world.

France's govt yesterday admitted that the country's biggest airport might run out of fuel, as pension reform protesters blockade refineries.

While we ponder what to buy this season, designers in Europe are showing what will be hot for summer in 2012.

L'Oreal is considering a bid of US$44 ($58.16) a share for Avon, the UK's Daily Mail reported.

Sometimes the simplest of garments brings out a display of virtuosity in designers more effectively than anything more obviously sensational.

The French are the experts when it comes to all aspects of culture. Julie Harries explores Auckland's Gallic connections in a quest to gain some quintessential French style and attitude.