The name of the beer here in Bali is a tad corny, Bali Hai, the haunting tune from the musical South Pacific.

Authorities have grave fears for up to 70 asylum-seekers feared drowned after their boat sank en route to Australia.

PM Tony Abbott is steaming into a rapidly developing storm with Indonesia over his policies to turn back asylum-seeker boats, bribe villagers for information and buy vessels to prevent their being used by people smugglers.

Each week, Flight Centre's team of experts answers your travel questions.

Racism is no part of the issue, writes Hussein Rawlings. Nor should we fear the accusation of "protectionism". Are Indonesia, China, or Thailand challenged on their land ownership laws?

A New Zealand-born archaeologist involved in the discovery of a new species of people, known as "hobbits'', has died.

The Togian Islands off the northern Indonesian island of Sulawesi offer some of the best diving spots on earth.

There's no mistaking it, Ubud has taken over from Seminyak - with its comparatively garish nightclubs and resorts - as Bali's premiere destination.

Australia has offered Indonesia an "official guarantee" that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby will not breach parole if she is released from jail.

Ann Huston took her sons on a voyage to Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park to meet their orange relatives.

A Kiwi teenager has died after drinking a methanol-laced drink while celebrating New Year in Indonesia - and his grandfather says the death is "murder, really".

Indonesian police will continue their investigations into the mysterious death of a Queensland woman who was working in the Indonesian tourist hotspot of Bali.

As John Key wraps up an important Burma visit, he talks to Herald Political Editor Audrey Young about what he's learned and seen.

The chance to experience life in the depths of a rainforest appears on the wish list of many travellers. Borneo, with its rich history of tribal life and vast natural resources, is a place where that wish can become a reality.

A service to mark today's 10th anniversary of the Bali bombing in which three New Zealanders died was a moving reminder of the tragedy, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.

People around the world attend memorial services to remember friends and family who were killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, which killed 202 people.

Justice has caught up with all of the Bali bombers, a significant comfort for those still grieving for their victims 10 years later.

Katherine Butler luxuriates in one of Java's most pampering hotels, in one of the world's most magnificent valleys, but sacrifices sleep in a quest for enlightenment.

MFAT is to review its safe travel advice on the dangers of drinking arak following a coroner's findings linking the drink to the death of a former Dunedin man in Indonesia.

Kristin Edge unwinds in style at the Chintamani Bali Retreat and Spa.

A trip to Bali is also a social lesson for the whole family, finds Donna McIntyre.

Donna McIntyre gets intrepid and takes two teenage boys on a holiday to Bali.