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<i>Jim Eagles</i>: Unwrap a Christmas holiday bargain
If you fancy a bit of a break this Christmas but need to do it on the cheap, there are a few things you can do to help your money go further.
Travellers snap up new carrier's cheap airfares
More than 43,000 seats were sold within three days of Air Asia X's launch in New Zealand last week.
Awhitu Peninsula: A delightful point of view
Catherine Smith enjoys the beauty and bounty of the Awhitu Peninsula.
Report: Waterfront development to generate $4.29bn
Redevelopment of Auckland's waterfront will generate $4.29bn in jobs and investment by 2040, a report says.
Seen the movie, booked the flight
Just how influential are the movies in transforming audiences into potential tourists?
Cut-price airline launches in Christchurch
A cut-price Asian airline is promising the "cheapest international airfares New Zealand has seen" when it launches in Christchurch today.
Canada: Sour toes make gruesome gulp
A Yukon hotel has struck gold with its cocktail featuring a severed digit in whisky, finds Robin Esrock.
Melbourne: A tale of two cities
Try a different view next time you're holidaying by rethinking the standard hotel choice, as we did on a recent visit to Melbourne.
SCF's biggest asset - Auckland's Hyatt sold
Hyatt Regency Auckland hotel - the single biggest loan book asset of South Canterbury Finance - has been sold for between $50m and $60m.
Winner of $2m home too busy working to take call
A Reporoa woman broke down in tears when she realised she had just won an Australian lottery.
Captain Cook on mayor's radar for cruise terminal
Auckland Mayor Len Brown wants to make an immediate start to build a cruise ship terminal on Captain Cook Wharf costing up to $200 million.
U2 shows are music to hoteliers' ears
Some hotels are charging three times their normal rate for rooms during this week's U2 concerts.
Big jump in Kiwis leaving NZ
More Kiwis left to live permanently overseas in October than in any month since January 2009.
$2400 a night - Cup hotel puts the boot in
A Christchurch hotel is charging $2400 a night for rooms during the World Cup quarter-finals - about 14 times the usual rate.
NZ winner of gold and $2m home still a mystery
Organisers of an Australian lottery are trying to contact a Reporoa woman who has won a $2.1 million beachfront home on the Gold Coast.
A less than charitable look at the doings of wealthy 'voluntourists'
In Cambodia, as in other parts of the globe, orphanages are a booming business trading on guilt.
Florida: A wizard day out
Shelley Bridgeman and her daughter discover Harry Potter's world has been recreated in sunny Florida.