It was too good to be true - an offer to move to an Italian village with money thrown in.

Can't afford Auckland or Wellington? This Italian town is offering you cash, cheap rent.

A charity ball will raise money for local charities. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A charity ball is being held in the Bay, raising money for local initiatives including a campaign against methamphetamine in the community.

If you're finding yourself short of assets for collateral one bank will accept cheese.

Born in 1899, Emma Morano was believed to be the last survivor of the 19th century.

An Italian beauty queen reveals her suffering after she was attacked with acid.

A Mediterranean cruise offers the perfect opportunity to explore Roman ruins.

Karl Urban poses in his underwear with Sofia Vergara in upcoming thriller Bent.

Nine months before Anis Amri drove into a Berlin market, he had been flagged as a threat.

Humanitarian ships blamed for undermining fight against people smugglers.

A deal to allow for 14 flights a week to Colombia has been signed and more agreements are in the pipeline.

Giulio Perrone went on the run in 1994, but postings to social media caught him out.

Three people are confirmed dead and up to four are still missing.

The Airbus pitch to sell its massive heavy lift aircraft to New Zealand comes at an awkward time as the plane maker's programme hits financial snags.

A French woman has been arrested for reportedly trying to carve her name into Rome's Colosseum.

Amanda Knox has written a detailed account of how a lesbian inmate tried to seduce her during her years behind bars.

Tiziana Cantone's mother has spoken out about her daughter's death after videos of her performing sex acts went viral.

Gamers from around the world are wanting to help, after the story of a PlayStation stolen from a Wellington Hospital has gone viral.

This beautiful Italian city has plenty to entice tourists, writes Donna McIntyre.

The palace of the Roman emperor who allegedly torched the imperial city can now be admired in all its splendor after being buried

GRAPHIC CONTENT: A man has drowned in Venice's Grand Canal as onlookers filmed him on their mobile phones and reportedly laughed and made racist comments.

Raffaele Sollecito claims his life was 'destroyed' by his fight to clear his name over the murder of Meredith Kercher.

Doctored images of the colourful cliffside towns are sucking tourists in, argues Kirrily Schwarz.

Four quakes of magnitude 5.2 and higher struck near the hill town of Amatrice, 100km northeast of Rome.

It took about two hours to convince authorities something was wrong after the first calls that an avalanche buried a four-star spa hotel in central Italy, leaving at least 30 people missing.

Leighton Luke checks into the Luxury Collection Hotel Excelsior Gallia, in Milan.

A former beauty queen and model risks losing her sight after acid was thrown in her face by an ex-boyfriend allegedly in a revenge attack.

The newlyweds who shared their wedding cake with a homeless man say they are blown away by the response to their spontaneous act of kindness.

A virile, muscled statue of the sea god Neptune has fallen foul of Facebook's prudish policies on nudity after an Italian art historian was told to remove it from her web page.