Claire Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Design Folio magazine and website, went to Milan for the world's largest design fair, the Salone del Mobile, in search of the directions for the year ahead in design.

Pomp and ceremony joined with a mutual love of rugby in John Key's one-day visit to Paris.

A monument built to celebrate friendship between Turkey and Armenia is being dismantled.

It's estimated some two billion people from all over the world will watch at Prince William and Catherine Middleton marry.

Late diagnosis is the main cause of the high death rate from ovarian cancer in the UK, experts say.

You don't want your wedding tipples to leave a bad taste in your guests' mouths, so choose them wisely.

Supermodel and muse Ines de la Fressange is the epitome of Parisian chic. She lets Viva in on a few of her shopping secrets and style tips

Air traffic controllers were 'right' to close European airspace last year over fears of the ash plume.

Security experts say an IRA terrorist attack somewhere in Britain on the day of the royal wedding is 'highly likely'.

As people relaxed at Easter weekend, Michael Sheen endured incarceration in a police cell, slept rough up a mountain and was crucified, then resurrected in front of hundreds of onlookers.

A cancer-causing toxin has been found at uncomfortable levels in common foods such as bread, baby food and fried potatoes.

The morning started with a call from Creative New Zealand to say Michael Parekowhai had notified them of the interview.

A Steinway grand piano carved with Maori patterns is part of Michael Parekowhai's installation at this year's Venice Biennale.

Elizabeth Hurley turned heads at an Indian Premier League cricket match....

A hush descends over the table. A small group of wine enthusiasts watch with due reverence as the cork is gently pulled from the 1968 bottle of French first growth Chateau Haut Brion.

Sharon Armstrong, former Maori Language Commission deputy chief executive, has been detained in Buenos Aires.