Rajesh Maru was told machine was switched off when he entered carrying oxygen cylinder.

Public told of escape three days after leopard went missing.

Andrew Fisher went around the world in 52 hours and 34 minutes.

Nurse Betty Jenkins is still going strong after 58 years of nursing.

Beijing is full of delicious food, representing thousands of years of culinary history.

India apparently has the highest incident of 'selfie deaths' in the world.

Jennifer Simms is one of 25 contestants vying to win a Discovery Channel internship.

Four-times-weekly flight from Wellington to Singapore will now stop in Melbourne

The city state's food stalls are delicious and fabulously cheap, writes Nicholas Jones.

The local share market has taken a back seat to Wall Street's record gains.

A Michelin-star meal gives Helen van Berkel respite from the buzz of the city.

As Tim Warrington finds, not all travellers treat their destinations with respect.

Bill would require listing at least 10 languages as "national priority languages".

Diverse population spurs students to learn other nations' languages.

The woman is believed to have separated from her tour group.

Ten years after his death, Ed Hillary's legacy lives on strongly

Cleaners at three hotels have been caught on film.

China's leadership has made preventing financial risk a priority for the next three years

Japan credits Helen Clark for making NZ "one of the best friends Japan could wish for".

NZ Golf Open tournament director Michael Glading was 16 floors up when the shaking began.

Poisoned syringes and dead dogs found after Chinese police raid gang workshop.

The AA says clamping while someone is in the car "smacks of revenue raising".

"They yanked off her jewellery, tore off her clothes and threw her to the floor."

Laura Harding discovers that the scented haven of Kerala is unlike any other.

Justine Tyerman encounters good humour and some odd food items on a road trip in Laos.

To tour the Golden Triangle is to observe the core of the country's multifaceted history.

Arlene Padawag-Cosme suffered a brain aneurysm four days after her baby girl was born

Singapore offers cocktails that have a tendency to make your heart race.

What happens when a wild orangutan grabs a GoPro camera? You'll be surprised!

Rescuers who first helped shot North Korean defector say his survival is miraculous.