Emirates has changed the aviation game in New Zealand by announcing it will fly to Dubai without stopping in Australia.

Ultra-longhaul flight will take 17 hours.

Hundreds of Dubai's tallest buildings are infernos waiting to happen, says leading fire safety expert.

New Year partygoers escaped an inferno in a 63-storey Dubai hotel yesterday.

Josh Emett dines out in Dubai and discovers the best creme brulee he has tasted.

Once upon a time Patricia Greig had the good fortune of a luxury stopover in Dubai.

Emirates Aviation University and Airways New Zealand have opened a purpose-built air traffic control training facility in Dubai.

In the desert beyond Dubai's glittering and manic metropolis, Ewan McDonald unleashes his inner petrolhead ...

In Dubai, Peter Calder looks on enviously as the well-heeled browse among $12,000 bottles of wine.

In Dubai, Pamela Wade meets a cranky camel who takes her on a peaceful and relaxing ride.

A bank in the United Arab Emirates is trying to lure a rapidly rising number of working women - with a perfumed credit card.

Abu Dhabi is one of the seven principalities that comprise the United Arab Emirates. Michael Lamb is easy prey for its complicated charms.

The Black Caps' win by an innings and 80 runs on the fourth day of the third test against Pakistan will rank as one of the most comprehensive in the country's history.

Brendon "Baz" McCullum - you are a legend. Frustrating maybe, but a genuine legend, writes Chris Rattue.

Everything is on a huge scale in Dubai, discovers Peter Feeney.

Dubai is more than skyscrapers, mega-malls and man-made islands, writes Linda Herrick.

A call by the chief of Emirates for a global summit of carriers to tackle new threats to planes has been met with a muted response from the body representing airlines.

Three New Zealand citizens held for more than two months in the United Arab Emirates on drugs charges are due to appear in court today.

Three New Zealand citizens held for more than two months in the United Arab Emirates on drugs charges are due to appear in court tomorrow.

Time lapse footage from Emirates' Dubai paint hangar of the mammoth job behind stripping, then re-painting a Boeing 777-200 aircraft.

James Lane limbers up for a gastronomic adventure with a long-overdue massage.

James Lane goes in search of ostentatious Dubai's subtle side.

Emirates has launched the world's longest Airbus A380 non-stop service, flying the double decker plane from Dubai to Los Angeles.

A Central Otago farmer - said to be in the process of brokering a multimillion-dollar export deal with the United Arab Emirates.

This booming Emirate in the Middle East has a few places to put on your to-do list, writes Megan Singleton.

A woman sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai for having :sex outside marriage - after she complained she'd been raped - says she decided to speak out to draw attention to the risks of outsiders misunderstanding the city's Islamic-influenced legal codes