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NZ focus goes on Latin America
When Prime Minister John Key lands in Mexico tomorrow it will have been more than a decade since the last New Zealand prime minister toured Latin America, and he concedes the region has been neglected in favour of Asian economies.
Mexico: New Agers hope December 21 brings new era
The crystal skulls have spoken: The world is not going to end.
Global doomsday hot spots
Here are some of the world's key doomsday destinations and other places marked by fear and fascination.
Mexico: Tracing the trail of the Mayas
As Michael Juhran discovers, Chichen Itza is a genuine architectural and mathematical masterpiece that the builders, the Mayas, achieved.
Day of the Dead celebrations
Revellers celebrate Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) - when Mexicans traditionally visit the graves of dead relatives and leave offerings of flowers, food and candy skulls - in Mexico and the US.
Grieving dad hopes fall was accident
The Mexican engineer whose wife and baby daughter fell 26 floors to their deaths is holding on to hope the tragedy could have been an accident.
Dad 'in shock' after fall deaths
A Mexican engineer lost his wife and 3-month-old daughter in a 26-storey fall soon after arriving in New Zealand to undertake a seismic research project.
Mexico: Embrace the monster
Amy Rosenfeld finds herself entranced by the vibrant chaos of one of the world's most-populated cities.
Gold fever returns to Northland
As mining makes a political comeback Catherine Masters finds strong local opposition to the prospect of a Northland gold rush