You may have thought Auckland house prices were bad, but check out these palatial homes from around the world that fetched huge sums.

New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.

Hong Kong's richest man is to donate $5 million to the University of Auckland to support entrepreneurship.

A short four-hour flight from Kolkata, India and I'm in Hong Kong.

Rurik Jutting convicted for killing two prostitutes in Hong Kong, in a gruesome case that featured horrific video evidence of rape and torture.

Competition on the Auckland-Hong Kong route will heat up with the arrival of Hong Kong Airlines later this week.

The number of slots for Chinese airlines has been boosted as a conference starts to discuss ways of coping with the influx of tourists.

A British banker who killed two Indonesian women in his Hong Kong flat showed off a 'torture kit' in one of 42 'confessional' films which were found by police.

A British banker accused of the murder of two prostitutes in Hong Kong was raised in a wealthy family and attended a $58,000-a-year boarding school.

Ewan McDonald flies aboard Cathay Pacific's new aircraft, due to arrive in New Zealand at the end of the month.

Nida sends Grant Bradley in search of epic surf; instead he finds a tranquil haven minutes from bustling Kowloon.

Rod Pascoe flies KA694 to the capital of Hainan, an island province in southern China.

Call it the drift economy. The world somehow manages to stay afloat yet doesn't go much of anywhere very fast.

Hong Kong was struck by over 10,000 lightning strikes in a surreal 12-hour thunderstorm at the weekend.

COMMENT: It is a pretty crap society that pulls the ladder up on younger people or those less well off just because they want to preserve their new unearned wealth.

Any expats living in New York City or London who thought they had it tough, think again.

The best of NZ Herald Business: One of the world's biggest air freight carriers and is facing challenges as cargo volumes fall.

It seemed slightly tired and missing the X-factor of the Boeing 777-300 'Premium Economy'.

Cathay Pacific announced the new aircraft, the F1 racing car of planes, will make long-haul more comfortable.

New Zealand is now ranking in 16th place on the world stage for the world's most competitive economies.

WATCH: This new Wi-Fi enabled plane should be here within a year.

Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific is poised to unveil the Airbus A350XWB - and it'll be flying here soon.

Cheap, fast and frills-free. Hong Kong's street restaurants have served well-loved favorites for decades. The city's much-loved food stalls are finding new favour, discovers Justine Gerardy

Newcomer Hong Kong Airlines has business fares out that will undercut rivals when it starts flying to NZ in November.

Hong Kong Airlines will start daily services to Auckland in November, the latest in a growing number of carriers to serve New Zealand.

Dizzyingly tall skyscrapers, countless shopping malls, congested streets: I knew Hong Kong was packed with them.

Alex Lawton thought he was just having a bit of a laugh with his mates, but instead he quickly found himself trapped in a nightmare scenario overseas.

A dispute over hand luggage belonging to the daughter of HK's chief executive sparked angry scenes at the territory's international airport yesterday.

Ladies market is an oldie but a goody at Mong Kok, Kowloon.

A note on the actual seat: Vietnamese silk cushions were a lovely touch.