The economic recession and increasing awareness about environmental and ethical concerns have spurred many in the fashion industry to look more closely at its image.

John Key has told his Japanese hosts at Apec that NZ only wants Japan at talks on a regional free trade agreement if agriculture is on the table.

A Sufi shrine is also the resting place of a famous concubine, writes Jim Eagles.

Sapporo, the capital of Japan's second largest and northernmost island, is turned into a crystalline winter wonderland during Yuki Matsuri.

A man allegedly killed his girlfriend and left her body to decompose in an Auckland apartment for up to 3-1/2 weeks, the High Court hears.

The world could run out of affordable chocolate within 20 years as farmers in West Africa abandon their crops, industry experts claim.

Witnesses say Daniel Bell was far more affected by alcohol than the "couple of beers" assessment Swimming NZ gave when they sent him home from the Commonwealth Games.

A Qantas plane carrying 459 people has made an emergency landing at Singapore airport after initial reports it had crashed.

nzherald.co.nz brings live scoring of the first test between the Black Caps and India in Ahmedabad.

The mother of one of three NZ sailors missing in Indonesia is hopeful they were not in the area struck by a tsunami on October 25

It's strawberry fields forever, as Ian D Robinson finds Beatle-mania in Mongolia.

Australian PM Julia Gillard is today trying to convince the Indonesian President to grant clemency to convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, according to a report.

Stronger trade ties with Asia's major economies will strengthen NZ's economy, John Key says.