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.

A Christchurch hotel is charging $2400 a night for rooms during the World Cup quarter-finals - about 14 times the usual rate.

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.

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.

One of the country's largest charities has been accused of turning a blind eye to an alleged pokie machine scam.

Gill South eases aching bones with a hot stone massage.

With big overseas projects under its belt, design company is now keen to do more work at home.

To find out whether Wellington lives up to its latest international accolade, Frances Morton goes hunting for the capital's cool spots.

The Christchurch earthquake back in September caused plenty of grief down there, but it also had a rather nasty effect on this particular Aucklander.

The long-term lease and boutique visitor accommodation business within Queenstown's historic Eichardt's Private Hotel looks set to be bought for less than $1 million by American billionaire Julian Robertson.

Kiwis flying out of the United Kingdom face hefty fare increases after an increase in British departure taxes that could cost up to $355.