Catherine Masters travelled Bordeaux by river ship - here she takes a look at some of the destinations and ancient history of the famous wine region.

A river cruise through the rich dairy country of Normandy has Pamela Wade all at C.

A family holiday in Italy and France avoids the big towns and bright lights and finds the pleasures of rural living and small communities.

Five Chinese nationals have been arrested on suspicion of using a powerful Colombian drug dubbed "the devil's breath" that turns victims into zombies.

A young New Zealander came to the rescue of an elderly couple after a "wall of water" washed through a campground in France.

Severe weather conditions in the Tour de Corse for Kiwis Hayden Paddon and John Kennard.

Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard have had their work cut out in the run-up to this weekend's World Rally Championship event in France.

Gordon Ramsay on the ring against the french chef Philippe Etchebest.

GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING: Charlie Hebdo is facing legal action after publishing a series of allegedly racist and hateful cartoons mocking the death of a Syrian toddler.

Andrew Alderson experiences the epicurean delights of the French capital from his fifth-floor house exchange.

A carefree wine-tasting jaunt in France is as leisurely as life gets, says Catherine Masters.

Former All Black Byron Kelleher has been slammed for cultural insensitivity over the launch of his new pub Haka Corner.

Rowing NZ head into unique territory tonight as their campaign to qualify all 14 Olympic-class boats begins at the world championships in Aiguebelette, France.

Barefoot, blindfolded and dressed only in blue hospital pyjamas, the Moroccan gunman accused of attacking passengers on a train from Amsterdam to Paris was led into a court building in the French....

Mark Moogalian, a 51-year-old professor at the Sorbonne, was the first passenger to wrestle with Ayoub El-Khazzani.

It was just after 5.50pm on the high-speed Amsterdam to Paris train when a slightly-built young man emerged from a lavatory brandishing a Kalashnikov automatic rifle.

France has launched a hunt for more wreckage from the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 off Reunion Island.

Twitter photos show support for a young woman who was beaten up by a gang of girls as she sunbathed in a park wearing a bikini.

Protests by French farmers and sailors, desperate migrants and traffic chaos is causing major disruptions on both sides of the English Channel.

An experienced New Zealand paraglider has died in a horror crash attempting a high-altitude launch in the French Alps.

France's meat and dairy producers halted traffic and blocked tourist sites in several regions to protest low prices.

French bathers have accused the Saudi royal family of commandeering a public Riviera beach for their own private use during a forthcoming visit.

The former All Black flung himself across the car seat to save his baby's life, French officials investigating the crash believe.

Q&A with Nick Ferneyhough and Chrystelle Baran, founders of Baran de Bordeaux, about doing business in NZ.

Q&A with Guillaume Nicoli, founder of Ma Cherie, wholesaler and retailer of French pastries, about business in NZ.

Q&A with Thomas Dietz, founder of TOMeTTe, about starting a French food company in New Zealand.

Q&A with Nadine Plet, president of the French New Zealand Chamber of Commerce and Industry, about business in NZ.

To mark Bastille Day and 70 years of diplomatic relations between France and New Zealand, the French ambassador Florence Jeanblanc-Risler looks at the relationship between the two countries.

Its a classic rags to riches story that's almost too much of a cliché to be true, but an Israeli teenager with no experience strode down the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week.