Rules are rules and carelessness is carelessness. But I can't help wishing that there would be some standardisation of enforcement.

Air New Zealand is adding extra charges to its booking process which will increase costs for every customer who pays for flights by credit, debit or charge card.

The Madame Hawke designer shares her travel tips.

This fabulous annual festival of wordless performance spans the full mime spectrum, including live art, physical theatre, circus and puppetry.

Cooking outdoors allows you to make messy, adventurous meals that you wouldn't attempt in the kitchen. Mat Follas pitches his tent for the first time this summer and cooks over an open fire.

Travel experts offer advice on trips to Scandinavia and Vietnam.

Touch wood, but I've never actually been robbed while travelling.

This annual music and arts festival is held on a farm surrounded by the beautiful Otway rainforest above Victoria's stunning Great Ocean Rd.

I've bought a lot of trek pants over the years - mostly from Kathmandu - but these are the best yet.

The Coromandel Peninsula celebrates the start of summer with the Pohutukawa Festival.

Moose were released in Westland in 1900 and in Fiordland in 1910 but unlike other such introductions they were not a success.

The 1993 film Groundhog Day made Punxsutawney's Groundhog Day world famous, but the event has been celebrated for centuries.

Advice from travel experts on travel to Germany and Italy.

Three of the airline's Airbus A380 superjumbos will be out of service until at least next week.

Singapore Airlines has pulled three of its Airbus A380 jumbos from its network due to engine issues.

One of the curses of the modern traveller is the need to carry lots of bits of electrical gear.

Qantas will keep its six A380 superjumbos on the ground for at least the next 72 hours, as testing on their Rolls-Royce engines continues after oil leaks were discovered on three aircraft.

Emergency checks found 'anomalies' on three of the fleet's new Rolls-Royce engines, chief executive Alan Joyce said today.

Get into the great outdoors and take advantage of some of the natural experiences on offer.

More questions over engines are likely to cause massive delays for Qantas passengers.

Author Kirsty Cameron shares her travel tips.

It's hard to think of a better guide to our wild places than Gordon Ell.

If you're one of those sad people who put a dampener on their own holidays by feeling guilty at the damage done to the planet when they fly overseas, here's something that should ease your conscience.

Sydney's summer heats up during this fabulous cultural kaleidoscope of theatre, music, dance and visual arts.

Advice on seeing the main sights of Switzerland solo and spending five days in Copenhagen.

There's nothing more irritating than arriving at your travel destination with a cold or, worse, the flu. Which is probably why I write about it a lot.

The singer and jewellery designer shares her travel tips.