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Travel tips: How to haggle on holiday, without offending anybody

Haggling is a foreign concept to Kiwi travellers. Here's what you need to know.

Sustainable travel: New Zealand tourism operators reducing their carbon footprint

In the third in our Tread Lightly series, Elisabeth Easther meets the tourism operators making big changes to become more sustainable. Video / NZ Herald

Flockhill: Staying at a $15,000-a-night sheep station

Thomas Bywater stays in Canterbury's most glamorous high country station.

Walking the Island Hills Station

Thomas Bywater tramps the Island Hills Station Track, north Canterbury

Qantas passengers face travel chaos

Passengers are facing disruptions as workers who refuel planes go on strike.

Sniffer dogs and $800 fines: Why this cruise line is cracking down on wild guests

Unruly passengers will be fined and penalised.

Toblerone told to drop Matterhorn mountain from chocolate bars

The triangular chocolate bar beloved by duty free could soon look very different.

‘Cat-astrophic mistake’: US traveller's epic fail called out on Twitter

A TSA officer has reminded travellers, yet again, of the X-ray policy.

Parents sue Airbnb after baby dies from lethal drug left in apartment

Parents of the 19-month-old are now suing Airbnb and several others.

Auckland Council’s proposed budget a ‘step backwards’ for the city says tourism association

Consequences will be felt throughout the country, says Tourism Industry Aotearoa CEO.

Battery catches fire in cabin overhead compartment of Dallas flight

A passenger said the ordeal lasted "about 20 minutes".

The National Park Service's Twitter account is outrageous and we love it

The sassy government account offers a masterclass in social media.

Hawaii honeymooners sue snorkelling tour who left them at sea

'They thought they were going to die.'

Students stranded in US after hotel shreds school group's passports

When checking out the school ski trip were told their documents had been destroyed.

'Broken glass and screaming': Turbulence on flight puts seven passengers in hospital

A passenger said food 'went flying into the air, hitting the ceiling of the plane'.

How many planes are in the air right now?

The short answer is, a lot.

Newly launched cruise trip lasts 3 years

You could be out-of-office as soon as November.

Japanese spa apologises for filthy bath water, changed just twice a year

Health inspectors found bacteria in baths, 3700 times the permitted safe levels.