A welcoming South Asian island and stylish Scandinavian city top this year's list.

A welcoming South Asian island and stylish Scandinavian city top this year's list.

A welcoming South Asian island and stylish Scandinavian city top this year's list.

A rash decision in Sri Lanka cost the honeymooning couple around $90,000.

They "thought that it would be a brilliant idea to buy it — because we were so drunk."

So why is this airport becoming a disaster?

Jane Jurgens tracks down the best places in the world for a destination wedding.

Triplets have won "twice over" with scholarships and fees-free study at AUT.

Sri Lankan refugee Andrew Balaranjan is using his experiences to inspire others.

US-based Kiwi Thiran Jayasundera says mechanical solution can restore partial sight.

Andrew Stone checks into a heritage property with Indian Ocean views.

Mark Dye takes a journey to an ancient fortress and is blown away by its majesty.

A man acting suspiciously was found to have close to a kg of gold hidden in his rectum.

Divers find body of Oxford graduate and Financial Times reporter.

He was seen "waving his hands in the air" in desperation before being dragged under water.

Far-right group chartered boat to repel migrants. Then part of its crew filed for asylum.

Two young elephants washed out to sea saved were from drowning.

Divers spent 12 hours gently towing the elephant back to shallow water.

It may be small and far away but Sri Lanka ticks all the travellers' boxes.

The father of 'tropical modernism' has a cultish following, writes Andrew Stone.

There's a very good reason why this destination has become the new place to be.

An elephant gifted to New Zealand has been stopped from leaving Sri Lanka.

International festival, Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans, organised by PangeaSeed, a public art project that brings the oceans into the streets around the world, is coming back to Napier for a second year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A group of Kiwis badly hurt in a Sri Lankan road crash have scrapped their wedding trip and are heading back to New Zealand for "proper" medical treatment.

Six New Zealanders have reportedly been injured in a crash in Sri Lanka.

A man who lost his wife, 5-year-old son and mother-in-law in a fatal house fire on Thursday has opened his eyes for the first time since the tragedy.

A Sri Lankan couple fearing harm after their family members were shot and killed by underworld criminal have been granted refugee status.

Cathrin Schaer finds a flash, chauffeur-driven way to go wining, dining and singing with the locals in Sri Lanka's capital.

Ties between New Zealand and Sri Lanka have been cemented this morning as Ranil Wickremesinghe visits Auckland.

A diplomatic gift of an elephant risks becoming a nightmare for the NZ Government as groups take legal action to stop the animal coming to Auckland Zoo.