The lowdown on where to surf, dine and rest your head on holiday.

Michelle Weir stays at the Modern Honolulu, in Hawaii.

Hawaiian Airlines is boosting flights to New Zealand, a move likely to push down fares.

A retired judge has died suddenly on holiday in Hawaii.

Offers of a baby shower and adoption have come in for the family that lost their mum.

Chervonne Magaoa, 34, died giving birth to her triplet sons in Hawaii last week.

New Zealand's Professor Bruce Houghton has won the rarely-bestowed Thorarinsson Medal.

Shandelle Battersby checks into a near-new luxury resort near Waikiki Beach.

More people were travelling more often thanks to record low flight prices.

Michael Wayne struggles his way to the remote beach where James Cook met his death.

Shandelle Battersby checks into an Outrigger property on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Low fuel prices and increased competition sees Kiwis reaping price war benefits

Airlines have dropped some fares to Europe, Hawaii and Australia over winter.

NZ-US areas of co-operation include climate change, fisheries and humanitarian aid.

Michelle Weir stays at the Westin Maui Resort & Spa, in Hawaii.

A US tourism chief's fears about the Trump impact are not being felt by Hawaiian Airlines.

Shandelle Battersby checks into Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii.

It may look like a holiday. But politics won't let go of Obama, and he won't let go of it.

Some return flights to Europe have fallen below $1000 and on sale to London for an "unheard" of $1099.

Gone are the days of a spontaneous morning stroll up one Hawaiian mountain, which now requires visitors to book ahead if they want to watch daybreak.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Junior distance runner Quinn Gardiner-Hall is just weeks away from following in the footsteps of his heroes to the icy southern land.

Opera singers Sol3 Mio have been forced to postpone their Hawaii concert, after Canadian authorities lost Amitai Pati's passport.

MAIN PIC MC270117NADSUP1.JPGStand up paddle boarder Marcus Hansen will soon be swapping the tranquil waters of Whangarei's Town Basin

Miller Patane's long lost sister "bawled her eyes out" when she saw her long lost brother's photo in the Herald after he was given food by newlyweds.

Polly Gillespie from The Hits reveals her first job

A British man has broken the record for the world's longest Christmas day after starting in Auckland in racing Santa to Hawaii.

Max Key decided a bikini calendar was the perfect gift for his 83-year-old grandfather.

The ashes of a brother who survived the Pearl Harbour attack will join his twin who was killed 75 years ago when the USS Arizona was hit.

A man who dated one of the "Yoga Twins" at the centre of a bizarre murder case tells of his hellish time with the co-dependent pair.

The planned purchase of Pacific Island Restaurants includes 82 Taco Bell and Pizza Hut stores in Hawaii.