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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra inspects the Royal New Zealand Navy band at Government House, in Auckland, on her first official trip to New Zealand. (Photo: Simon Wong/3 News)

NZ Govt aims to speed up Thai visas

The Government says it intends to speed up the visa processing time Thai nationals coming to New Zealand.

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Yingluck Shinawatra arrives on Friday (Reuters)

Thai PM to visit NZ

Thailand's first female Prime Minister will visit New Zealand this week for bilateral talks and to attend a business luncheon.

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Mohamad Shanar Ryad, 22, was sentenced to jail for nine years and five months  (file)

Kiwi's murderer sentenced in Thailand

A former Syrian army commando has been sentenced in Thailand for the brutal murder of New Zealander Charles Jones in August 2011.

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The talks hope to end nearly a decade of unrest (Reuters)

Thailand militants agree to peace talks

Thai authorities and Muslim militant leaders have agreed to hold talks to help ease nearly a decade of unrest in southern Thailand.

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Teachers targeted by Thai insurgents video

Insurgents in southern Thailand are turning their firepower on teachers, killing more than 150 and torching hundreds of schools.

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4,483 people swung hula hoops to dance music for seven minutes

Hula hoop record broken in Bangkok video

Nearly 5,000 Thai contestants are celebrating in full swing after having set a new world record.

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NZ man dies in Phuket

Authorities in Thailand are to carry out an autopsy after the death of a New Zealand yachtsman.

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Phuket, Thailand (file)

Kiwi sailor dies in Phuket

A 59-year-old New Zealand sailor has died in the Thai resort island of Phuket.

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Somyot Pruksakasemsuk arrives at court in Bangkok (Reuters)

Thai journalist jailed for royal critique

A prominent Thai activist and magazine editor has been sentenced to a decade in prison for defaming Thailand's monarchy.

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A Thai mahout picks coffee beans out of elephant dung as part of the process to make Black Ivory Coffee (AAP)

Gourmet coffee from an elephant's gut

In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee.

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Air hostess fired for coffee threat

A flight attendant is out of a job after writing on her Facebook page that she wanted to throw coffee in a passenger's face.

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A man walks past graffiti artwork welcoming Barack Obama in Yangon, Myanmar

PHOTOS: SEast Asia welcomes Obama

The Temple of Reclining Buddha was the first stop on President Barack Obama's Asian tour that will also take him to Myanmar and Cambodia.

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US President Barack Obama (Reuters)

Strategic motivations for Obama in Asia

For President Barack Obama, expanding US influence in Asia is more than just countering China or opening up new markets to American businesses.

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Lee Vincent allegedly stored cash at his mother's home (file photo: Jared Mason)

Order on house of alleged drug lord's mum

A North Shore woman whose home was used as a transit house for boxes of cash her son allegedly earned from a multi-million drugs empire in Thailand has had a restraining order placed on her home.

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Phuket Island, Thailand

Kiwi in Thailand: 'We knew the boat would sink’

New Zealand tourists are among 41 people rescued in Thailand after a speed boat capsized in rough seas.

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Swedish 40-year-old Andreas Ringvall and his girlfriend were handed to police by the crowd

Pictures: Thai arrest of murder accused video

Pictures have been released of the moment when a Swedish man was arrested for stabbing a New Zealand man to death in Thailand.

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Report: Kiwi man killed in Thai barfight

Thai media is reporting that a New Zealand man has been stabbed and killed in a bar fight.

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Tourists believed dead in Phuket blaze video

Four people – believed to be French tourists – are dead and a dozen injured after a fire swept through a nightclub in Thailand.

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Sean Kenzie has been able to come back to New Zealand to receive more medical treatment

Grateful homecoming for crash victim video

The Kiwi stuck in a Thai hospital after a motorbike crash that left him seriously injured, has finally returned home.

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Sean Kenzie could be flying home today

Kiwi injured in Phuket coming home

A Kiwi whose insurance company refused to pay out after he was injured in a motorcycle accident in Thailand will be coming home.

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