Catherine Smith enjoys the beauty and bounty of the Awhitu Peninsula.

Redevelopment of Auckland's waterfront will generate $4.29bn in jobs and investment by 2040, a report says.

Just how influential are the movies in transforming audiences into potential tourists?

A cut-price Asian airline is promising the "cheapest international airfares New Zealand has seen" when it launches in Christchurch today.

A Yukon hotel has struck gold with its cocktail featuring a severed digit in whisky, finds Robin Esrock.

Try a different view next time you're holidaying by rethinking the standard hotel choice, as we did on a recent visit to Melbourne.

Hyatt Regency Auckland hotel - the single biggest loan book asset of South Canterbury Finance - has been sold for between $50m and $60m.

A Reporoa woman broke down in tears when she realised she had just won an Australian lottery.

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.

Some hotels are charging three times their normal rate for rooms during this week's U2 concerts.

More Kiwis left to live permanently overseas in October than in any month since January 2009.

In Cambodia, as in other parts of the globe, orphanages are a booming business trading on guilt.

Shelley Bridgeman and her daughter discover Harry Potter's world has been recreated in sunny Florida.

France is on a campaign to propel its top hotels into the super-luxury bracket.