Export New Zealand will today start counting the cost to local businesses of the huge disruption to flights into and out of Europe.

Britain is bracing for what scientists warn could be weeks of disruption from the volcanic dust cloud blanketing Europe.

UK airspace will remain closed until tomorrow morning, a shutdown which is costing the air industry an estimated $282 million a day.

Scriptwriter Victor Rodger is stepping out of the shadows and on to the Shortland Street set.

Kiwis travelling to the London Book Fair next week have been scattered and stranded all over the globe with volcanic ash continuing to disrupt flights across Europe.

Wellington-based Tim Wigmore is one of the up-and-coming designers exhibiting at this year's Satellite Salone.

1500 Air NZ passengers among more than a million affected by airport shutdowns across Europe.

A collection of paintings that have caused art aficionados to turn a deep shade of purple are to go on show.

A compromise being negotiated by the IWC could save 5000 whales over the next ten years

Today, the crowds descended upon the Fiera Pavillions in Milan to see what the biggest names in global furniture manufacturing had on offer.

Protesters say President Lech Kaczynski and his wife should not be buried in Wawel Cathedral -normally reserved for poets and kings.

Judging by the impressive display at the Swarovski Crystal Palace today we can assume that the dark days are almost over.

NZ is the fourth most economically free country in the world according to a US think tank and the Wall Street Journal.

One thing which can be relied on at the Salone del Mobile is a plethora of new chair designs.

Filmmaker Gaylene Preston, who put the wartime memories of women, including her mother, on film, has turned her attention to her father's war.

Graham Reid finds solitude, beauty and a warm welcome - unless you're a Campbell - at one of Scotland's most infamous sites.

Russian authorities insist that pilot error was behind the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

Publisher of Design Folio Magazine Claire Sullivan is heading to the Salone del Mobile design fair in Milan. Check back throughout the week for her updates on the latest trends.