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Postcard: 48 hours in Luanda
There is one thing you should know about Luanda: hardly any tourists come here. Getting a visa can take many months and finding a hotel room, if you can afford it, is equally challenging.
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Top 10 places to propose
Asking someone to marry may be one of the most important questions of your life, and the right place can make it all the more memorable.
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Air travellers 'fed up' with cost
Manawatu residents – forced to drive to Wellington to catch domestic flights or pay "a premium" to travel from Palmerston North – have had enough.
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Partying with ghosts
Put a freakish tropical downpour and a ghost festival together and it surely has the makings of a tourist highlight, right?
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Code-share deal to boost Air NZ share of US market
Air New Zealand has extended its reach into the United States in partnership with Continental Airlines.
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Air NZ widens US reach
Air New Zealand and Continental Airlines have started a reciprocal code share agreement, providing Air NZ access to parts of the United States not previously available with current partners.
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Cruising on Europe's waterways
"It's just ABC," my new Aussie friend Graham says as we hop off the bus on a steel-grey morning in Prague.
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European arrival celebrated
A friend gives you money, a few months' food supply and the freedom to name any notable landmarks you pass.
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BA seals long-awaited Iberia deal
British Airways and Spain's Iberia signed an US$8 billion (NZ$11 billion) merger to create the world's third-largest airline on Thursday, bringing a three-way tie-up with American Airlines a step closer.
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Aussie-Chch Jetstar service 'priority'
Jetstar chief executive Bruce Buchanan says the launch of new trans-Tasman services including flights from Christchurch will be the airline's priority ahead of extra domestic carriage over the next 24 months.
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Calling home from overseas? Don't use your mobile
Sick of sky-high bills when you use your mobile phone overseas? You are not alone, and with the increasing use of the internet on phones, the bills are growing larger.
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Rangitata Gorge rafting adventure
Shrieks and even screams are par for the course in a Rangitata Gorge rafting adventure, writes KIM TRIEGAARDT.
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Tourists cash in on low carbon travel
Rachel had wanted to travel by bike anyway, so she signed up for the programme, bought a bike and started out.
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Westport cycle trail clears hurdle
A proposed 60-kilometre track behind the hills north of Westport is one of 13 to clear the first hurdle in the New Zealand Cycle Trail Project. EMILY COOPER talks to one of the men behind the development of this ghostly track.
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Budget airline Ryanair to charge for toilets
One of Europe's biggest discount airlines, Ryanair, will charge passengers to use on-board toilets.
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Into the wild with Palin's neighbours
Looking across a great expanse of Canadian wilderness, where miles of pine trees line the wide river and stretch back to grand snow-capped mountains, one question is on my mind: shouldn't I be able to see Sarah Palin's house from here?
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Etiquette: Travel in the 21st Century
Who owns the middle seat arm rests on an airplane, really? How do you break away from the marathon talker in seat 12E? And what do you do, if anything, about the angelic-looking child kicking the back of your seat?
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Madrid's landmark avenue turns 100
Madrid's landmark Gran Via boulevard celebrated its 100th birthday on Monday, having overcome a turbulent century in which it has been the scene of civil war and dictatorship.
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A380 or not, economy is economy
This is the tale of two long hauls.
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