Dia de los Muertos has come into the collective conscience for its zombie bride costumes and kitschy skeletal face paint, but the holiday is a spectacle unto itself.

Evita Sarmonikas went overseas for a cheap Brazilian butt lift and died. The man her family call "the butcher of Mexico" is still operating.

The Mexican President has rebuffed Trump's claims the cost of the wall wasn't discussed, saying Mexico won't be paying for it.

Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homeland.

While Donald Trump's supporters chant "build the wall," Americans are drinking beer and tequila "from the other side".

Cutting-edge software trialled by Auckand University researchers could help achieve New Zealand's bold goal of becoming predator-free by 2050.

Incredible footage shows a leopard making a bounding move towards Eduardo Serio, before it is knocked off track by the tiger.

The antics of a reporter caught on film being carried by locals through a floodstricken town have quickly become a laughing stock on social media.

Donald Trump has taken another jab at Mexico during his latest speech.

Four people were killed and dozens injured when police clashed with thousands of teachers blocking roads in a protest in southern Mexico.

The heartstopping moment a panther stalked a man at an animal sanctuary and then pounced on him has been caught on camera.

Mexican football star Alan Pulido is believed to have been kidnapped on Saturday night.

Acapulco was once the playground of the rich and famous, but now tourists are being advised to avoid the Mexican beachside city.

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is so disgusted by the dirt in his new prison cell that he has asked for chlorine to clean it himself.

A group of outside experts discovered that authorities were tracking in real time the movement of the Mexican students during their abduction.

Kiwi is recovering in a Mexican hospital after he was allegedly drugged, kidnapped and beaten at a tourist hotspot two weeks ago.

Three writers share their exciting cruise ship discoveries

It started out innocently enough as a cocktail class before dinner - only we never made it to dinner.

Drug lord Guzman's power makes him a hard man to keep in prison, experts warn.

Ethan Couch who killed four and vanished is set to return to the United States after his capture in Mexico.

The killer says he "disappeared" a man for the first time at age 20. Nine years later, he says, he has eliminated 30 people - maybe three in error.

Coke's been criticised for a new ad campaign that features white people handing out drinks to poor Mexicans.

I was in a little town in the South of Mexico a few years back when I inadvertently found the local prison.

It may not be politically correct, but lucha libre is hilarious, finds Calum Henderson.

Four children were among those killed.

The Hard Rock Hotel has added a soft touch, embracing littlies as well as adults at its Cancun resort, finds Leena Tailor.

The elaborate prison escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman may have cost US$50 million ($74.6 million) including huge bribes to prison officials.

The kind of tunnel that led Mexico’s most powerful drug lord to freedom would have been more than a year in planning.