Don't miss: King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament
This quirky annual tournament began 10 years ago and has become one of the biggest events on the Thai tourism calendar.
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PM feeling the heat as election loss looms
A novice politician has Thailand's leader scrambling to keep his job. Andrew Buncombe reports.
More Kiwis caught smuggling drugs
The arrest of two New Zealand citizens caught allegedly trying to smuggle methamphetamine into Tokyo's airport earlier this month is just the latest example of the dangers of drug trafficking, say New Zealand police.
The jumbo question: For or against Auckland's new elephants?
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Bradley Cooper has praised Mike Tyson for being "very funny" in The Hangover: Part II.
Father refuses to accept Thai experts' findings
Sarah Carter's father refuses to accept Thai authorities' belief that her death was not linked to an insect control chemical.
Hotel insecticide used in NZ
An insecticide implicated in a Kiwi tourist's death could be harming NZ workers, the Green Party claims.
Thailand death cover-up suspected
The father of a New Zealander who died suddenly in Thailand suspects Thai authorities have covered up the circumstances surrounding her death to protect their tourism industry.
Bangkok: Temple opens door to its mysteries
Chat sessions with monks provide a rare insight into their lives, says Kate Roff.
Testing times (+recipes)
A trip to northern Thailand brings exotic experiences and confronting flavours.
Thai-d and tested (+recipes)
Sweet, salty, sour, spicy and bitter tastes are perfectly balanced in Thai cuisine.
Thai man deported hours after appeal fails
A Thai overstayer who has been living in New Zealand illegally for 10 years has been deported to Thailand, after a failed bid to stay with his partner and New Zealand-born daughter.
Thailand warning after unexplained deaths
The parents of a New Zealand woman who died in mysterious circumstances while on holiday in Thailand are setting up a website to make others aware of the "very real dangers" in the Southeast Asian nation.
Taking schools to remotest of kids
No roads, no phones, no power. But that doesn't get in the way of two Auckland ad men who are bringing schools to Southeast Asia's poorest kids - by motorbike. Kirsten Warner meets them.