Prime Minister John Key has arrived in Indonesia at a time of heightened tensions over the neighbouring South China Sea.

A New Zealander locked up in an Indonesian jail has made a personal plea to Prime Minister John Key to help get him home.

Australian travellers are being warned against travel to Bali due to the prevalence of the Zika virus.

Booking holidays online can seem like a hassle-free option until things go wrong.

For exactly 10 years nothing and no one has been able to stem a terrifying flow of hot mud in Indonesia - but tourists are flocking to it.

When I booked my North Sumatran Raw Wildlife tour, I had no idea I would return home saying it was "life-changing".

An 18-month African lion was found hanging dead in its cage and a dead giraffe was found with 18kg of plastic in its stomach at notorious Indonesia zoo.

A fisherman discovered what he believed to be a "holy angel from heaven" lying on the beach - unfortunately he was mistaken.

The Oscar-winning actor, who is a United Nations envoy on climate change and environmental campaigner, entered the country a week ago and visited Aceh's Gunung Leuser National Park.

Auckland man Davinder Singh said he was planning to return to work today despite working in a building close to the scene of yesterday's terror attack in Jakarta.

Malcolm Turnbull held talks in Indonesia yesterday aiming to reset ties as he starts his first overseas tour since wresting control of the Government.

Gabrielle Dunlevy cleanses her body, soul and mind in an Indonesian healing resort.

A little over a year ago, Joko Widodo swept to power in Indonesia promising bold change and higher living standards.

New Zealand is prepared to fight for "the principles of trade" in its beef battle with Indonesia, says our ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation.

In Bali's hills, far from the madding crowds, Shandelle Battersby finds a perfectly positioned eco-resort.

16 years after her last visit, former spokesperson for the Auckland East Timor Independence Committee Marie Leadbeater finds it a study in contrasts.

Kiwi's lawyers initially said they would appeal 15-year prison sentence. Bali's district court says it didn't receive notice by the deadline.

A huge earthquake has struck the western Indonesian province of Papua this morning.

Readers of US-based Travel and Leisure magazine have voted the ten best islands in the world in its annual survey.

Indonesian authorities trying to trace two commercial pilots believed to support Isis (Islamic State) say Australian Federal Police intelligence on the men wasn't shared with them.

An ageing Indonesian military plane packed with soldiers and their families crashed after takeoff in a densely populated area of Sumatra's biggest city, killing more than 140 in the latest air....

"The things that I've heard people say online and to my face have astounded me," says pastor Nick Watt.

The lawyers of a NZ man who escaped the death penalty for trafficking crystal meth in Bali says there are a "number of grounds" on which to appeal his prison sentence.

Kiwi Antony de Malmanche has been handed a heavy sentence after being found guilty of smuggling almost 2kg of methamphetamine into Bali.

Large crowds and emergency services gathered around the flaming wreckage shortly after the crash in the city of Medan, on Sumatra island.

New revelations have come to light about Indonesian police accepting bribes from people smugglers to allow a boat to depart to New Zealand.

Far from Bali's crowded beaches, Teuila Fuatai joins a cycle tour of its greener hinterland.

Helen Jackson finds her happy place among an exuberant island people.

Indonesia investigates allegation that Australian patrol paid people traffickers to turn back.

The family of murdered New Zealand businessman Robert Ellis is in shock at the 12-year sentence handed down to his wife.