A FedEx package was sent from Venezuela to Rakaia in Canterbury which police believed was full of cocaine.

The Australian, who is holed up in Ecuador's London embassy, spoke and answered questions via live video link to Auckland and Melbourne.

NZ exchange student describes scenes in the city of Vitoria as 'horrific and extremely disturbing'.

As Donald Trump's administration prepares to renegotiate NAFTA, the scope for the potential impact emerges.

Charlotte Zaremba was killed in her bedroom in the early hours of New Year's Day by a Maryland high school classmate. Her parents tried to save her life.

The Las Lajas Sanctuary in the Colombian Andes has become a major draw for tourists.

The Fuhrer may have used a secret runway to escape his Berlin bunker and flee to South America in a Luftwaffe plane.

It looks like enough cash to bankroll a high-flying lifestyle, but this stack of currency is worth a measly $21 in its country of origin.

The Star Wars series featured a man-made planet called the Death Star which destroys other worlds with a giant laser.

Tourists visiting Rio may soon have to pay just in case they're mugged.

It's been 23 years, so who has claimed Pablo Escobar's crown? This is who has taken over the notorious Colombian drug overlord's trade.

This is the heartbreaking moment a Brazilian footballer found out he was to become a father - just one week before he was killed in the Colombian jet crash.

Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo was one of just seven people initially found alive after a charter plane crashed in Colombia killing 75 people.

The footballers of Chapecoense changed to the doomed plane after Brazilian officials prevented them from taking a charter flight, it has been claimed.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Argentina, according to the US Geological Survey.

John Key has a new bromance, this time with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Remarkable new images have emerged of an uncontacted tribal community in the Brazilian Amazon which environmentalists fear could be destroyed by outside influences.

Learning to drive can be hard, but learning it in a new language is almost impossible. But that's changing for refugees in Hamilton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: The largest container ship to enter a New Zealand port, the MV Aotea Maersk, has made its maiden visit to Tauranga.

Topsy-turvy weather in Brazil is pushing up the cost of commodities in your breakfast drink.

A year and a half after being led out of the forest and receiving health care, two women have abandoned village life for the forest they know.

An open mind is all you need to see the world, writes Leila George.

Derek Cheng rejoices in the spectacular scenery of Nahuel Huapi National Park.

Sao Paulo's just a 60-minute flight from the Olympic host city, but worlds apart in spirit and style.

Zac Efron has revealed he felt compelled to fly all the way to Rio to meet US gymnast Simone Biles as soon as he heard she was a fan of his.

The Mocona Falls almost seems to defy logic.

A dire hotel accommodation shortage has opened the city's poorest favelas to tourists.

United States efforts on the Zika virus have been so focused on prevention, almost no firm plans have been made for the care of the nation's first dozen Zika babies.

Inhotim is an open-air art gallery in the midst of about 2000ha of botanic gardens, a two-hour drive from Belo Horizonte, a two-hour flight from Rio.

This spot in Venezuela is struck by more lightning than anywhere else in the world, creating spectacular electric storms. What on Earth is going on?