WorldForgotten Millions: A harrowing journeyRachel Smalley reports about a couple's 2000km trip over land and sea with handicapped twins getting closer to their goal: 'To live respectful lives'.14 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldThe Forgotten Millions: The human tollThe Forgotten Millions Campaign travels to the epicentre of the refugee crisis in Europe. Today, we reveal the human toll of the crisis.12 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionRachel SmalleyRefugee crisis: Why I can't just stand by and watchMy role, as a journalist, should be to act as a witness; to report on the situation as a bystander and then leave it as I found it, but an incident in 2013 changed my perspective, writes Rachel Smalley.09 Sep 09:31 PM
New ZealandNZ to take 750 refugees over three yearsImmigration Minister confirms New Zealand will take a total of 750 Syrian refugees - 600 in an emergency intake over and above the usual annual quota of 750.07 Sep 03:21 AM
New ZealandChurches: we will take 1200 more refugeesChurch communities around New Zealand can host and settle an extra 1200 Syrian refugees, the Anglican and Catholic Church says.06 Sep 11:08 PM
New ZealandNZ to take in hundreds more refugeesThe one-off intake will go "over and above" New Zealand's annual refugee quota, but will not number into the thousands, Prime Minister says.06 Sep 10:51 PM
WorldThe tragic story of Syria: how you can helpToday the Herald restarts its campaign The Forgotten Millions to help refugees from the Syrian crisis.06 Sep 05:00 PM
World'This problem concerns all of Europe'German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told fellow leaders that Europe has a duty to shelter refugees, rebuffing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.04 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandSmalley's Beirut run for refugeesRachel Smalley is set to return to the Middle East this year as she continues to spread awareness and raise money for the growing refugee crisis.30 Aug 05:00 PM
AirlinesGulf carriers cutting into market - US airlinesThe three US airlines say competition from rapidly-expanding Persian Gulf carriers has cut their passenger load to the Middle East and Asia by more than 20%.28 Aug 11:00 PM
TravelMiddle East: From dusk till dawnCelebrated New Zealand author Charlotte Grimshaw follows Ramadan, starting in Dubai and ending on the West Bank.21 Aug 05:00 PM
TravelWatch for the warning flagsForts and watchtowers by the hundred in the sultanate of Oman point to a fierce past.28 Jul 03:00 AM
New ZealandOpportunity to restart Middle East peace talksNZ has told members of the UN Security Council that there is a window of opportunity for the council to act to restart negotiations in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.23 Jul 09:17 PM
New ZealandIt's time Security Council upped its gameForeign Minister Murray McCully is quite blunt about the Security Council and the Middle East peace process.30 Jun 05:00 PM
TravelDubai: Stop at the top of the worldOnce upon a time Patricia Greig had the good fortune of a luxury stopover in Dubai.15 Jun 06:00 PM
TravelOman: Living on the edgeIn several of Oman's tiny villages, some clinging to the sides of cliffs, Jim Eagles finds plenty of hospitality from friendly locals.02 Jun 12:00 AM
TravelJerusalem: Following the holy pathJerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre is visited by Christians from everywhere, writes Kate Shuttleworth.27 May 05:00 PM
WorldIsis slaughters women and childrenEye-witnesses say streets of Palmyra are strewn with hundreds of bodies – the latest victims of terrorists's savagery.24 May 11:42 PM
WorldAnother deadly Isis discoveryMass graves containing the bodies of 1700 Iraqi military cadets killed by Isis are being opened - TV clips showing skeletal remains still wearing combat boots.07 Apr 09:20 PM
WorldOne girl's escape from IsisAbducted, locked away, all but starved, raped... then, a dramatic escape. How one Yazidi girl escaped the clutches of her Isis captors.06 Apr 09:45 PM
WorldForgotten millions: Fathers make impossible choicesWorld Vision chief executive Chris Clarke travelled with broadcaster Rachel Smalley to the Middle East to meet some of the millions affected by the Syrian conflict, and was struck by the number of fathers having to make impossible choices for their families.22 Mar 12:17 AM
WorldUS and Israel on collision courseAtriumphant Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be on a new collision course with Barack Obama after the US President bluntly restated his belief in a Palestinian state and criticised the Israeli leader's election campaign tactics.19 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldEstablishing a new normalThe Syrian conflict is one of several emergencies World Vision is responding to.18 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldAl-Qaeda 'angels' and Isis 'demons'The Independent investigates how Isis jihadis govern every aspect of life within the territories they control.17 Mar 10:55 PM
WorldNo dignity in childbirthThere was no dignity in childbirth for Sabrine. She lay on a bed, exhausted, lurching in and out of consciousness.17 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldInside Isis: Former militant tells all'The scenes terrified me': Meet the former jihadi who deserted Isis rather than take part in executions, beheadings and rape.16 Mar 09:07 PM
OpinionEditorial: Aid for Syria's forgotten vitally neededMany Syrians in refugee camps across the border in Lebanon were lawyers, teachers, dentists, accountants. As the conflict enters its fifth year they have become the forgotten millions.15 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandSpotlight on Key as Clinton feels heatA decision on whether John Key's deletion of his text messages amounts to a destruction of the country's public records is progressing.15 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldEscape from Isis: One man's luckOne day, he was a dental surgeon. The next, he was held at gunpoint and thrown in a cell, where he watched the other prisoners shot one by one. Ashour tells his story.13 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandWhat a civil war would do to NZPolitical unrest. Conflict. The collapse of the country's social infrastructure. And then a daily struggle just to stay alive. An artists has imagined what it would look like in NZ.13 Mar 04:00 PM
WorldThe Forgotten Millions: Dying for help Mustafa was standing outside his home in Aleppo when the jet flew over. He has no memory of what happened next but he regained consciousness many days later in Turkey.Watch12 Mar 03:23 AM
