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.

Bali-bound travellers had their hopes of relaxing tropical holidays and family reunions dashed mid-flight as volcanic ash forced their plane to return to Auckland.

Ash spewing from Mount Raung has disrupted the plans of Kiwis and Indonesians travelling to Bali, with a flight from New Zealand forced to turn back.

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.

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.

Indonesian ferry explosion victim Paul Sinclair is expected to arrive back home in NZ this week after he is discharged from hospital in northern Australia.

A Kiwi holidaying in Bali last night told of his miracle survival after a horror ferry explosion in the tropical paradise.

Antony de Malmanche told the court he went to Bali where he believed he would meet his internet girlfriend, “Jesse”.

William Pesek grades Park Geun Hye of South Korea, Benigno Aquino of the Philippines and Joko Widodo of Indonesia.

Katie Shepherd finds a clifftop resort away from the hustle and bustle of Kuta.

It's a tough time to be an investment banker in Southeast Asia. Mergers involving Southeast Asian companies have dropped 45 per cent this year to the lowest level since 2009.

A Bali drug squad officer has told the trial of Antony De Malmanche he didn’t seek a translator or lawyer for the accused Kiwi drug mule.

A British grandmother on death row in Indonesia says executed Australian Andrew Chan was a hero to her.

Hopefully, Chan and Sukumaran's deaths will be a deterrent to other baby gangstas looking to make a quick buck. Then Chan and Sukumaran won't have died in vain, writes Kerre McIvor.

Australians outraged by the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are cancelling their travel plans to Bali.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully said time was needed to decide what further action could best steer Indonesia away from executions.

A New Zealand man on trial in Bali is traumatised after the execution of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran "Mayu" Sukumaran this morning.

The executions of Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has drawn much international criticism, but what do those who live in Indonesia think?

In a final act of defiance, it’s been revealed none of the eight executed prisoners wore a blindfold when they faced the firing squad.

One was dubbed "The Godfather", the other "The Enforcer", but what do we really know about the two Australians facing death?