New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.

Stella McCartney kicked off the Paris collections with a show that appeared to reference childhood memories.

Fallen All Black hero Byron Kelleher has apologised to the French for his alcohol-fuelled road rage fracas, as he tries to avoid prison.

US reviewers for the famously secretive guides sacrifice a century of tradition by discussing the dark arts of their trade on the internet.

A photograph agency is suing former All Black Byron Kelleher's clothing company for alleged copyright breaches.

The parents of a eight-year-old girl whose body was found encased in concrete in France have been held on suspicion of manslaughter.

A French man who wanted to experience "the real New Zealand" was abducted and raped while travelling alone on a rural backroad.

President Nicolas Sarkozy is so sensitive about his height that his aides "cast" small women to appear beside him in public, according to Belgian television.

Traffic chaos erupted and reached gridlock in two Paris suburbs after feuding mayors declared the same busy road one-way, but in opposite directions.

Carolyn Quartermaine's home in Nice nurtures her creativity.