"My whole body was burning; I could feel sparks stinging my face," said Kiwi traveller at New Year's Eve fireworks display.

With global growth under pressure, the outlook for the export-dependent region is faltering.

Thai police are investigating the bizarre death of a western man whose throat was slit and body was found tied to a concrete pole in the ocean.

The growth in new air routes is stoking travel by New Zealanders to new destinations, according to a House of Travel survey.

Even after 15 stab wounds, a blood-soaked woman made sure her baby was safe. Supanee Saensree was attacked while she lay sleeping with her daughter.

Thailand's disease control department has issued a malaria warning to those planning to take trips or camp out in the country's forests.

Eli Orzessek suggests caution around the border from Myanmar into Thailand.

DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING: A backpacker molested by a deranged guide as she lay paralysed from a cliff fall on a Thai beach has received another blow.

Kate Fitzsimons thought her sister's trip to Thailand would create happy memories - not the moment that would end it all.

Thousands have gathered at Watyarnprateep Thai temple in Auckland on Sunday to mourn the loss of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

The head of Thailand's military junta called for vigilance yesterday following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

New Zealand's Thai community is in shock at the death of their king on Bangkok yesterday.

Thai girls in 'adorable pickpocket' storm say they are innocent and plead with tourist 'victim' to come forward.

A lone female American backpacker has described the horrific moment she broke her back in Thailand.

Television presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent were in Thailand and Cambodia for just under a week, to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

Television presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent are in Thailand and Cambodia for just over a week, to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

Television presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent are off to Thailand and Cambodia for just over a week, to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

Television presenter Petra Bagust and actor Ido Drent travel to Thailand and Cambodia for just over a week, to get a first-hand understanding of the human-trafficking industry.

Grieving colleagues of a Dunedin man who fell four storeys to his death in Thailand have described him as a fun-loving man.

Kevin McIntyre checks in to a new resort just across the road from Phuket's eye-catching Karon Beach.

Day one of Petra Bagust and Ido Drent's journey through Southeast Asia to experience first-hand what's being done to fight human-trafficking.

The Thai ambassador to New Zealand is on a mission to seek families of the Kiwi war dead buried in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Ambassador Maris Sangiampongsa, said his embassy hoped to reconnect families with their war heroes in time for Anzac 2017.

Police looked for suspects and a motive behind a series of blasts that shook resort towns across Thailand, killing four people and wounding dozens more.

There is less you may be able to get away with in Thailand if authorities go ahead with a bold new tourist rule.

A new wave of bomb attacks has killed at least four people and wounding dozens more.

One dead after two bombs exploded at the Thai seaside resort of Hua Hin.

Thailand is New Zealand's sixth largest source of international students, with about 3000 students arriving here every year.

It's a map of a country familiar to many travellers but on closer inspection it reveals a heartbreaking reality.

Inside the world of a Thailand elephant sanctuary on the banks of the River Kwai.

The Thai community in Auckland are planning several celebrations in honour of their king, but remain anxious about his health.