A shopkeeper faces charges after a New Zealand teenager said she was sexually assaulted on an educational tour of India.

A woman has been charged with murder after a man died in Christchurch on Christmas Day.

In the sleepy mountainous states of North India, marijuana has grown indigenously for hundreds of years.

Controversy as England cricket fans post offensive jokes at India test match about the likes of Madeleine McCann, Adam Johnson and Josef Fritzl.

Employers are exploiting international students, who put up with illegal wages and working conditions so they can get a visa and stay in New Zealand.

A female Indian student who has tried to immigrate honestly to NZ tells how she was propositioned and asked to pay for jobs to get her visa.

An experienced New Zealand teacher has opened up about international education, calling it "a scam".

Schools with thousands of international students have been warned after officials fear they showed similar problems to a college shut down after a cheating scandal.

Parishioners shocked, saddened by statue's theft

The head of an Auckland daycare where a child died is speaking out for the first time.

Just over two weeks into its biggest fight against tax evasion, India's regulatory flip-flops are confusing citizens.

The 4-year-old boy who died while playing on a playground at his Takapuna daycare in Auckland has been farewelled in India tonight.

Andrew Alderson settles in at the Shreemaya Hotel, in Indore, India.

Unaccounted money makes up nearly a quarter of India's economy, but new measures have seen drastic consequences.

Indian ATMs ran low on cash and tempers flared amid ripples from "black money" clampdown.

The horrific dismembering was allegedly the result of a 14-year-old girl, who lived in the same Indian village, losing her mobile phone.

Keeley Bolger finds relaxation is the order of the day in the Indian state becoming known for luxury beach accommodation.

Mask-wearing protesters took to the streets of the Indian capital as the city remained blanketed under a cloud of toxic smoke that has lingered for a week.

A New Zealand batting shambles has seen the national cricket side capitulate by 190 runs to India in their one-day international series decider in Visakhapatnam.

Anchor butter is a familiar sight on New Zealand supermarket shelves, but in far-flung Azerbaijan, they are eating it too.

Helped by cricket and political visits, the relationship between India and New Zealand has come a long way since NZ's 'man in India' was the caretaker. But it needs to go further.

PM John Key did not get one of Indian PM Narendra Modi's famous hugs, but is confident his visit will progress trade talks and has invited Modi to New Zealand.

The Black Caps are heading to potential uncharted territory after levelling their ODI series with India 2-2 following a 19-run victory.

Air New Zealand says direct flights to India would require a heavy fuel load.

The fault that grounded the Prime Minister's plane in Townsville was unrelated to the amount of flying the aircraft has done, says the Air Force.

PM John Key gets some pomp and ceremony before heading into talks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

India's quest to join a nuclear club will be discussed when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts John Key in New Delhi today.

Prime Minister John Key will land in New Delhi overnight to finally start his India trip after plane problems meant he had to cancel one of only three days in the country.

The breakdown of Prime Minister John Key's military plane in Australia is the latest in a series of incidents.