ANALYSIS: US President-elect Donald Trump has a chat with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing Wen, breaking a long tradition.

A simple domestic decision on whether or not to open a cupboard has driven the internet into a frenzy.

After an absence of nearly a decade, Taiwan Day will be celebrated this weekend at Auckland's Aotea Square.

Taiwanese tribal woman Jouan Pan is in New Zealand with a mission - to get her "long lost cuzzies" to visit "home".

Two of Taiwan's top chefs have been sent by its government to help improve Taiwanese cuisine and restaurants here, Gordon Ramsay-style.

Taiwan is preparing to face fast-moving Typhoon Nepartak over the next day and tourists have been evacuated

An American killed himself in court today, after being sentenced to four years in jail on drug charges.

The grieving mother of a child who was decapitated in a random attack in Taiwan has written a heartbreaking message to her daughter.

The mother of the young girl who was killed in a horrific attack in Taiwan is urging the public not to turn her daughter's death into a debate about the death penalty.

Typhoon Soudelor is set to shortly make landfall in Taiwan, with the storm forcing thousands to evacuate.

The capital of Taiwan shows its true colours during an evening wander for Eli Orzessek.

A policy document by the state council, or Cabinet, said China faced a "grave and complex array of security threats", justifying the change.

Said to be the home of the first Maori, Taiwan's bush-clad valleys and tribal villages feel like home to Eli Orzessek.

The act of generosity claimed Chris Lau's life when flight GE235 crashed into a river in Taipei 12 days ago.

The family of a NZ citizen co-piloting the plane that crashed into a bridge and river in Taiwan are due to arrive back in the country this week, as new information is revealed.

The captain of TransAsia Flight GE235 complained of "engine abnormalities" but was rebuffed when he asked for an urgent inspection of the plane shortly before its final take-off.

The co-pilot of the crashed TransAsia Airways plane was a New Zealand citizen who learned to fly in Auckland.

A couple and their toddler who survived the crash of a TransAsia Airways plane in Taiwan changed seats just before the plane took off.

A hippopotamus was left lying injured on the side of the road for hours after making a panicked jump from a truck in Taiwan.

A $22 million drug haul intercepted at Auckland Airport is the second biggest border seizure in New Zealand's history.

When confronted with 10 courses, just nibble, David Leggat quickly learns.

Taiwanese festivals are a dazzling frenzy of colour and noise, finds Justine Tyerman.

Penghu deserves its place on a list of top 10 island groups, discovers Shandelle Battersby,

The first funding commitment has been made through a joint agreement signed last year between the Government-backed venture capital funds in this country and Taiwan.

From street food to museums, we've got the Taiwan highlights covered.

Have you heard? NZ has signed a low-key free trade agreement with Taiwan.

Technology developed by New Zealand's LanzaTech will lie at the heart of a new Taiwanese joint venture.