LifestyleTaking control of your dreams with electric probesResearchers in Germany have developed a way of enabling sleepers to control their dreams by applying electric current to the brain which prompts lucid dreams, involving a state of heightened awareness.12 May 04:52 AM
BusinessGermans flock to Hobbit landGermany has overtaken Japan to become NZ's fifth-biggest source of tourists and the royal visit has increased interest in other key markets.23 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandHitchhiker 'was pretty desperate'One of the hitchhikers attacked after being picked up on the West Coast tried to fight off the driver with a small pocket knife, APNZ understands.02 Apr 09:38 PM
New ZealandStabbed hitch-hiker's fight for lifeAn injured German backpacker has told of her desperate fight for freedom after she was attacked on the West Coast allegedly by a man police believe had already killed.02 Apr 03:15 PM
WorldTate criticised for painting stolen by NazisThe Tate has been ordered to return a valuable Constable painting and criticised for failing to adequately research its background after it emerged the work was looted during the Second World War.28 Mar 05:08 AM
WorldWar game tests world leadersDavid Cameron played a "nukes on the loose" war game with Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and other world leaders to see how they would cope with a terrorist nuclear attack, it has emerged.26 Mar 05:03 AM
TravelEuropean cruise: History passing you byCatherine Masters enjoys a kaleidoscope of European sights from her floating hotel.28 Feb 12:00 AM
TravelTest the endless autobahnGermany drives home its rich automobile history, writes Diana Plater.18 Feb 02:00 AM
TravelBar/fly: MunichJamie Morton learns the definition of super-sizing in Munich's leafy beer gardens.30 Jan 02:00 AM
CompaniesBillionaire sorry for saying rich are like Jews in Nazi GermanyBillionaire Tom Perkins has apologised after he sparked outrage by saying that rich Americans are being persecuted like 'Jews in Nazi Germany'.28 Jan 06:57 PM
WorldCow farts spark explosion in GermanyFlatulence from 90 cows in a German barn sparked a methane gas explosion that damaged the building and left one cow slightly injured with burns, police said.28 Jan 05:58 PM
WorldAuto-ban: German city wants car-free CBDHamburg, Germany’s second largest city, is planning to ban all cars from its centre over the next 20 years and put thousands of commuters on bikes.15 Jan 11:15 PM
BusinessGerman economists warn against prolonged austerityGermany's Grand Coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel takes the helm this week under a blizzard of criticism from economists of all stripes.18 Dec 04:30 PM
WorldClaims on German art trove face legal hurdlesWhen German tax authorities entered the home of a recluse collector and found a trove of art that could include works stolen by the Nazis, they stepped into a legal quagmire - one that may end up being resolved by politics as much as the law.14 Nov 07:36 PM
WorldGerman stolen art website crashes due to demandA website featuring artworks from among a massive trove discovered in a Munich apartment crashed because of heavy traffic, officials said, as a handful of potential heirs came forward to claim art possibly looted by the Nazis.12 Nov 09:02 PM
WorldArt hoard held unknown Chagall, MatisseIt started with a routine check by German tax inspectors - and resulted in the discovery of an art hoard so vast and spectacular that no one yet knows how the story truly ends.06 Nov 12:40 AM
WorldGerman authorities defuse huge WWII bombGerman authorities have safely defused a huge bomb left over from World War II after evacuating large parts of the western city of Dortmund.03 Nov 07:18 PM
WorldGerman please explain to ObamaThe White House was scrambling to head off a major diplomatic incident after the German Government said it had received information that US spies may have tapped Chancellor Angela Merkel's personal mobile phone for years.24 Oct 04:30 PM
WorldWhat do you do with a dead Nazi?Former SS captain Erich Priebke participated in one of the worst massacres of German-occupied Italy. Now he's died - and no one wants to bury him.14 Oct 05:41 PM
TravelBar/fly: Fun in BerlinPoor but sexy - you can't argue with Berlin's unofficial slogan. Although it doesn't possess the wealth of other German cities, it has sultry charms.10 Oct 10:00 PM
TravelGermany: The road to warIn an intriguing tour, Pamela Wade gains insight into the horror inflicted on Europe during World War II.11 Sep 11:00 PM
WorldHitler's devoted bodyguard diesHe was Adolf Hitler's devoted bodyguard for most of World War II and the last remaining witness to the Nazi leader's final hours in his Berlin bunker. To the very end, SS Staff Sgt. Rochus Misch was proud of it all.07 Sep 03:47 AM
WorldFormer Auschwitz guards to face trialThirty former guards at the Auschwitz death camp could face charges of being an accessory to murder.04 Sep 05:30 PM
WorldGermany tries 92-year-old for Nazi war crimeGermany put a 92-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen SS on trial Monday on charges that he killed a Dutch resistance fighter in 1944.02 Sep 10:45 PM
TravelGermany: Where the sausage is kingKiwis are renowned for our "throw your sausie on the barbie" culture, but we could learn a thing or two from a country that might just love its sausages even more than we love ours.01 Aug 03:00 AM
TravelAccess all arias in BayreuthRichard Wagner's festival city sings with dramatic history, says Adrian Mourby.20 Jul 09:50 PM
