A kung fu "Grand Master" who left New Zealand after a scandal in which one of his students died was detained by police on serious weapons charges in Thailand.

Katy Perry has sparked pregnancy rumours after posting a series of cryptic messages on Twitter.

Flight Centre's "Fly for free" promotion breached the Fair Trading Act by offering deals that didn't exist and tickets that weren't available.

Film on cyclone survivors defies government crackdown.

Michele Hewitson revels in Thailand's balmy, barmy, maddening, exhausting, love affair of a capital city.

Tourism retailers see an upsurge in Kiwi's heading abroad as the strengthening dollar makes overseas travel more appealing.

Keen to kick-start a four-month adventure through Southeast Asia with a few weeks of R&R, we'd flown from Bangkok to Koh Samui.