PM Bill English's four-day trip may feature talk of Donald Trump - but no dancing.

A daughter says her mother was racially profiled while trying to use Premium Check-in.

Two people fell through barrier at the back of a boat while partying on Auckland Harbour.

Cruise line expects to carry a record 40,000 Kiwis in 2018 and inject $25m into economy.

There's no better way than to paddle through nature's marineland in the middle kingdom.

Gene variants that could help explain high rates of gout in Maori and Pacific people.

Lindsay Wright finds the Vava'u island group is a haven for babies.

Handing in her last uni assignment was meant to bring happiness and relief.

Fatal bus crash driver to reappear in court next month.

Kiwi scientists have helped discover new volcanoes beneath the Pacific Ocean.

Three people were killed and 40 people were hurt when the bus plunged down a bank.

Sue Baxalle discovers Mystic Sands, mysterious stones and snorkelling pigs.

Eleanor Barker checks into a waterfront room on an island kingdom.

Tonga is in mourning after the queen mother dies in hospital, aged 90.

A Kiwi scientist has unexpectedly discovered what appears to be a huge undersea volcanic eruption near the main island of Tonga.

Tevita Lokotui, who plays the tuba in the school's brass band, is recovering after having his leg amputated at the knee as a result of the Christmas Eve bus crash.

EXCLUSIVE: Family members recall how Leotisia Malakai - the third victim of a horrific bus crash near Gisborne - slipped into a coma and never woke up.

Sombre music rang out as the band opened the service with a tribute to Sione Taumalolo, 11, and Talita Moimoi Fifita, 33, killed in the bus crash.

Crash survivors still weak but 'doing okay' after their flight from Gisborne.

Survivors of the deadly Christmas Eve bus crash in Gisborne will perform a tribute concert today - the same day the bus was recovered from the scene.

The surviving members of the Tongan band involved in last week's bus crash will fly to Auckland tomorrow, courtesy of Air New Zealand.

Fund will help the people injured in Gisborne bus crash.

The 11-year-old boy who died in the Christmas Eve bus crash was "quiet, kind and smiley" his sister says.

State Highway 2 between Gisborne and Wairoa will be closed at some point over the next two days to investigate at fatal bus crash.

Her smile always made him happy, says the widower of Gisborne bus crash victim.

The two people killed in the Christmas Eve bus crash near Gisborne last night have been named, as the driver of the bus says the brakes failed.

A man and his son missing at sea off Tonga since Saturday have been found safe by the NZ Defence Force.

Two men who died in the Kaipara Harbour tragedy will today be buried by their families.

More than 400 people have been deported for a criminal offence in the last five years - the majority from Samoa, China and Tonga.