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Brazil: Rio's makeover
With its eye fixed on the 2014 Fifa World Cup, Rio de Janeiro is finally undoing some of its worst urban planning.

South Africa: An alternative Garden Route
Jill Worrall discovers some of South Africa's hidden gems when she detours from the well-traversed Garden Route.

South Africa: Tracing my grandfather's incarceration
Jill Worrall visits the site of a former Cape Town prison where her grandfather was once incarcerated.

Cape Town, South Africa
Travel blogger Jill Worrall explores the town where her Kiwi grandfather was briefly incarcerated during the Boer War.

Key moments: Wallabies v Springboks
Photos of the key moments from the Rugby World Cup match between the Wallabies and the Springboks at the Wellington Regional Stadium.

NZ tuition fees among world highest
Tuition fees at New Zealand universities are among the highest in the world, according to a new report. New Zealand had the seventh-most expensive tuition fees for universities, with entrants paying more than $3600 a year.