Travel

You get to know a community really well and they get to know you. Rescuing people along State Highway One, sorting out local domestics, sheep rustling, what's life like for police officers working in… Audio, Gallery

Seventeen-year-old Rotary Exchange Northland student Hamish Duley is living with a Turkish family (who speak little English) in a city next to the Black Sea. Audio

Air New Zealand could face pressure to cut its long-haul fares as lower oil prices and larger and more efficient planes prompt global airlines to expand, increasing competition. Audio

New international guidelines have been announced for the size of cabin luggage. Audio

Trip Advisor's Top 10 NZ landmarks Audio

What is it like moving back to New Zealand after decades living abroad? Award-winning author Paula Morris's new book 'On Coming Home' asks where, "where do you truly belong?" Audio

Historian Vincent O'Malley has researched the many journeys Maori made to England and Australia for his book Haerenga, Early Maori Journeys Across the Globe. He says they were the pioneers of the… Audio

Kiwi artist Ali Bramwell has covered a street cleaner's trolley with aluminium and hidden a Theremin inside it, as her contribution to an international exhibition that's running alongside the 56th… Audio

The opening week of the 56th Venice Biennale - known as the Vernissage, meaning a preview, has come to an end. The art world insiders have had their chance for a free look at art from 53 countries… Audio

Berlin-based New Zealand artist Simon Denny and his funders will soon find out if his art installations about mass surveillance have struck a chord with audiences, critics and curators at the Venice… Audio

The recent Niue Arts and Culture Festival took as its theme the question "Who am I?" and called on Niuean artists to ponder ideas of identity and how they might renew, rethink and reclaim their… Audio

Serko has bought Australia's Arnold Travel Technology, which will increase the volume of its transactions by at least 20 %. Audio

This morning it was announced that Air New Zealand will start a new trans-Pacific route to Houston. The nonstop service to George Bush Intercontinental Airport will start in December. Air New Zealand… Audio

You've likely seen them on our roads with their bright coloured spray paint and politically incorrect slogans. Audio

This week on One in Five: Treating by touch - a profile of Motueka physiotherapist, Richard Hayward who also happens to be blind. Trained in London, Richard came to New Zealand thirty years ago via a… Audio

Car enthusiast Brian Cowan wasn't at all put out when he needed to take an unplanned road trip from Rome to Frankfurt to catch a flight back home to New Zealand. Audio

The Government is expected to consider a return to 10-year passports this month. Audio

Heather Hapeta went on an Odyssey to Thailand in search of likenesses of the Buddha - but she kind of bit off a bit more than she could chew. Audio

Jeremy set up MedSailors, a travel group for young people sailing the medditerranean. Audio

Hawkes Bay wanderer Christine Climo went walkabout in the Blue Mountains and had the chance to dance up a rain storm, complete with thunder and lightning. Audio