The launch of 63,500 tonne superliner Pacific Pearl in Auckland is a vote of confidence for NZ, says Cruise NZ chairman Craig Harris.

Freedom tourists who do not dispose of waste properly or poo in public spaces are a real problem, Tourism Minister John Key says.

One way or another, Sydneysiders will be introduced to rugby - and New Zealand - later this year.

Bridge swing operator Alistair McWhannell was today sentenced to 400 hours community service for the manslaughter of a student who fell to her death last year.

Is this the death of the UK betting shop?

Kerri Jackson's 12-step programme for quitting winter and finding nirvana.

Rachel Grunwell slips on her bloomers and joins the 1850s gold rush.

For the 240 investors in Fiji's Denarau Hilton, the past 18 months have been anything but paradise.

Diana Clement first wrote about "Rip-Off NZ" in 2005 and has since found that five years later, little has changed.

Backpacker Sylvie Chappuis wonders how she and her travelling companion will pay for the rest of their dream NZ holiday.

An Auckland inner city café owner has hit back at a scathing column in the NZ Herald on the cost of everyday articles in NZ, saying the author is living in a world of 20 years ago.

Annual visitor arrivals to New Zealand hit the 2.5 million mark last month for the first time, says Statistics NZ. But immigration numbers have been unexpectedly weak.

Former All Black Justin Marshall agrees with rugby correspondent Peter Bills that New Zealand is an expensive country.