Sweet, salty, sour, spicy and bitter tastes are perfectly balanced in Thai cuisine.

Australian netball's worst fears were formalised today with inspirational captain Sharelle McMahon ruled out of July's world championships.

AirAsia is doing its bit to help with the restoration of Christchurch.

As nuclear fears rise around the world, Robin McKiere visits the scene of Ukraine's 1986 explosion.

A Thai overstayer who has been living in New Zealand illegally for 10 years has been deported to Thailand, after a failed bid to stay with his partner and New Zealand-born daughter.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.

New Zealand will host July's Davis Cup tennis tie with the Philippines at Hawera in the Taranaki.

The parents of a New Zealand woman who died in mysterious circumstances while on holiday in Thailand are setting up a website to make others aware of the "very real dangers" in the Southeast Asian nation.

Plutonium has been detected in small amounts at several spots outside the Fukushima power plant.

Monuments stand stoically to remind visitors of a grand civilisation.

Japan Airlines, once the world's largest international carrier, is set to emerge from bankruptcy administration this week as a smaller company more reliant on Asian routes and global partners.

Plutonium has been detected in soil samples taken from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

India, Iran, Canada and Kenya are just some of the countries represented at the Rainforest World Music Festival, which takes place in the heart of the lush Borneo jungle.

Prince Charles has comforted grieving family members of Christchurch earthquake victims in London.

Tsunami has swamped one energy trend but the sea is ushering in another.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Chancellor, George Osborne, this week delivered a Budget that was unambiguous in backing business to lead the nation out of the economic doldrums.

The World Health Organisation is still stumped over the cause of the string of "puzzling" deaths in Chiang Mai.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Burma has killed up to 10 people overnight.

Two workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered injuries when their feet came in contact with radioactive elements while laying electrical cables in one unit, said Fumio Matsuda, a spokesman for the Nuclear and Industr

New Zealand officials are organising for iodine tables to be stockpiled at the nation's embassy in Tokyo.

Tina Lam heads to Agra for a full moon viewing of India's most famous landmark.