Latest from Indonesia

Work visa holders stuck overseas having 'sleepless nights'

Hundreds of work visa holders overseas are desperate to get home to NZ.

Jakarta's trash mountain: 'When people are desperate for jobs, they come here'

New York Times: Scavengers who make a living from a huge landfill face additional misery.

World-famous Krakatoa volcano erupts in Indonesia

There are reports of a "large magmatic eruption" happening right now.

Deadliest day: Spain, UK record biggest jump in coronavirus deaths

More than 800,000 cases of Covid 19 have now been confirmed across 178 countries.

Kiwi killed in Indonesian gold mine attack

Family and friends of Graeme Wall devastated after 'great guy' killed in 'senseless act'.

Quarter of Kiwi hotelier's global properties shut

Around a quarter of the 120-property Swiss-Belhotel International chain are shut.

More Indonesian women see a face veil as vital

New York Times: Some fear promotion of the niqab veil in Indonesia reflects extremism.

Kiwi man cleared of drug smuggling charges in Bali

Thomas Michael Daly had a doctor's certificate authenticating his 4950 pills.

In Indonesia, outlaw gold miners poison themselves to survive

New York Times: Small-scale miners say they can't earn a living without using mercury.

'We're on full alert': China's aggressive military move

China's latest aggressive move has backfired, in a potentially deadly way.

Best of 2019: The deadly mistake Kiwis make in Bali

What you must know before you head to Indonesia.

We don't know how lucky we are, mate

COMMENT: Life lesson comes full circle from a ship in Auckland to a taxi in Christchurch.

Tourist in Bali mugging returns home for emergency surgery

A young tourist has been medevaced to Australia home from Bali after a violent bag snatch.

Bali water crisis: Tourist numbers push drought to disaster

October rain didn't arrive but tourism continued unabated.

Editorial: NZ's excuses on plastic pollution fail to stack up

EDITORIAL: Recycling is not actually an achievement but an acceptance of failure.

Lombok: 'It's like Bali 30 years ago'

Not far from Bali's crowds, there's an alternative not yet on the tourist radar.