Gulf States are throwing money at the sport to get on top

Motive behind stabbings in Maastricht not clear but two people have been killed.

Only a third of New Zealand's phone would have received the emergency alert test.

Estelle Sarney and Grant Bradley check into a hotel in a 17th century canal house.

Not all is as it seems in clog country, writes Christoph Driessen.

New Zealand's 10 medals at the Invictus Games has already surpassed our previous record.

The hotel, housed in a former prison, is staffed and run by asylum-seekers.

Dutch sperm donor fathered 102 children after donating at 11 different clinics.

Hand-cranked 'voetveren' is a fabulous finale to a day of criss-crossing waterways.

Thousands of contaminated eggs entered the UK from the Netherlands earlier this year.

Rigorous study of the effects of marijuana legalisation identifies a disturbing result.

The Opportunities Party extended its plans for a $10k basic income to 18 to 23-year-olds.

"No jump" was misunderstood by tourist to mean "now jump" in tragic death.

Watch: Dramatic footage has emerged of a rare tidal wave hitting shore in Europe.

EDITORIAL: For 21 years, the voice from the cockpit never gave the show away.

The Dutch election was a barometer for how the mood of Europe, writes Mark Lister.

New Zealand forces will get higher speed data in the field from a satellite launched as part of a multi-national project.

The Netherlands' anti-Islam leader didn't win this week's election but did push politics to the right.

A Kiwi couple are taking their classic Mercedes-Benz around the world.

In the Netherlands, the Party for the Animals is in the running for the March 15 national election.

Nationalism looks a little different in the Netherlands.

Terrifying footage taken by a passenger shows the moment the plane crash landed at Amsterdam airport.

A Tauranga man caught importing ecstasy powder and tablets, who claimed he got the idea from watching a television programme, has

Among the hundreds of waka paddlers taking part in this year's Waitangi Day festivities will be half a dozen who stand out. They'll

A cruise ship passenger has been evacuated to McMurdo Station in Antarctica before flying to New Zealand tomorrow.

If you think 2016 is a mess, just wait until you see what's next. A toxic mix of potential disasters could send Europe into a death spiral.

Five World War II warships have mysteriously disappeared from their watery graves, leaving nothing behind but a boat shaped indentation on the seabed.

The King and Queen of Netherlands are in Wellington.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands have met with Prime Minister John Key and Opposition leader Andrew Little at Parliament.

Farmers in the Netherlands have little appetite for state support, despite low prices.