World sharemarkets were up overnight, after better than expected US job data and prospects rose for a new Greek government.

The increasing likelihood of Greece leaving the euro-zone has sent world sharemarkets down overnight.

The magnificent Temple of Apollo at Delphi was once home to the Pythian Oracle, the most famous prophet in the ancient world. Although the great buildings here now lie in ruins, the site still has a powerful atmosphere - it's just the sort of place gods and oracles would be expected to dwell.

The ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi still hold a strange power, writes Jim Eagles.

World shares advanced overnight amid expectations a deal on Greece's second financial rescue was imminent and that China was moving to increase liquidity at its banks.

Legend has it that the 3000-year-old fortress of Mycenae - site of the romance between Helen and Paris - was founded by the hero Perseus and that he hired the Cyclops, the awful one-eyed giants, to build it.

New Zealand may have just had its lowest road toll in six decades, but our drivers are just as rude and reckless as ever, visitors say. The average car-bound Kiwi has been described as "impatient" and "not very courteous."