Vigils for the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris are being held in Wellington and Auckland in the coming days.

One of three suspects in the massacre of 12 people at French magazine Charlie Hebdo has handed himself in to police after seeing his name on social media.

Kiwis in Paris say they've been shocked by the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices, as PM John Key condemned it as an attack on the fourth estate.

Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper overnight, killing 12 people, including the paper's editor, before escaping in a getaway car.

Despite receiving numerous threats over cartoons of Muhammed, France's foremost satirical magazine never shied from attacking Islamic extremism.

About 200 police officers, 30 members of the armed forces, a helicopter and specialist dogs trained to sniff out their quarry.

After 12 years in Auckland, Diane Clayton returns to the city of her birth, Paris. City of Light. City of Love. City of dog poo.

Five hotels in Paris have started allowing customers to pay however much they think their stay was worth.

Chinese police will patrol the streets of Paris this northern summer with French officers to help combat an increase in mugging attacks against big-spending Chinese tourists.

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Paris has launched a new kind of tourist guide: not a guide for tourists, but a guide to different types of tourists.

Europe’s rail network has long enabled travellers to piece together unique itineraries. A new high-speed connection from London to Barcelona will be a welcome addition. Gavin Bertram reports.

When you’ve strolled around the City of Love visiting icons like the Lourve, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and eaten more than your share of fresh baguettes and gooey cheese, here are five off-the-beaten-track things to write home about.

Considering a shopping excursion to Paris? It's a good idea to plan ahead.

If you're keen for a shopping fix overseas this holiday season here are the best streets around the world to fill up the suitcase with goodies.

A battle is raging on Rue Du Faubourg Saint-Denis, a shabby Paris street where hip bars are sprouting like mushrooms, and it's part of a wider war in the city pitching sleep-starved residents against nocturnal revellers.

A Senegalese-born French fashion designer realised a long-held ambition when she staged the first Black Fashion Week in Paris aimed at bringing African talent to a global audience.

The setting may have been grand but the shows on the first day in Paris are often low-key, a showcase for emerging talent.

The common garden snail may not seem appetising, but the French have raised it to a level of luxury and international renown. Viva visits a farm where production is not as slow as you might expect.

Michele Hewitson ticks off the items on her Paris to-do lists and discovers even more to do.

P. K. Stowers climbs onto an electric bicycle for a guided tour uncovering the secrets of Paris.

The Chloe fashion house is celebrating its 60th birthday during Paris Fashion Week but its spring-summer 2013 show proved it's still as fresh as a daisy. Stella McCartney describes her collection as a fresh, optimistic and relaxed spring-summer outing. But Hedi Slimane's debut for Yves Saint Laurent caused fashion editors to disappointingly drop their pens half way through.