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Audrey Young: Pacific party sets tone for better relations
As John Key prepares for a White House visit next week, New Zealand's Pacific role is growing in value.
Fran O'Sullivan: It's time for more gravitas from Key
We need to hear what really matters from the Prime Minister.
How to avoid being killed: A traveller's guide
A Middle East-based journalist has penned a book advising travellers how to keep themselves safe in dangerous places.
Caviar farm will satisfy Gulf's growing appetite
The desert city of Abu Dhabi is the newest location for a vast caviar farm that dwarfs its global competitors.
Paul Thomas: I'll take boring over US loony extremes
Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?
Obama's dead! Fox's Twitter hacked
Hackers broke into Fox's Twitter account, posting updates saying President Barack Obama had been assassinated.
Activist flotilla sinks deeper into mystery
Israel dismisses claims it is behind events hampering Gaza protest.
A transport of delight in Dubai
It's an oasis in the desert, filled with massive and mind-bending wonderments, all easily accessible by train, air, ferry ... or camel. Jim Eagles takes a look.
Subaru asked to back Saudi Arabian women
A group campaigning for an end to Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers is calling on Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries to pull out of the kingdom.
Love triangle Kiwi jailed in Dubai
A New Zealander has been jailed in Dubai for having consensual sex with two women, both of whom have also been jailed.
Muslim woman wins prison appeal
A Muslim woman's successful appeal against a jail sentence has again raised concerns.
Stephen King: Economic future not worth the paper it's written on
Once-solid financial securities are losing their safe status.