England’s Daily Telegraph newspaper is now celebrating Mt Everest’s conqueror Sir Ed Hillary as a “great Briton”.

• NZ meat exports to China at a standstill
• Budget 2013 review
• Updated Budget 2013 app goes interactive

New Zealand remains in the box seat following the second day of the first test against England at Lord’s.

• Day one: New Zealand v England cricket test
• All Blacks squad includes 10 new faces
• NZ end sevens series with London triumph

In a misguided attempt to embrace the sentiment of spring, our sleuth discovers why bare legs in May are still a London fashion faux pas.

• Keeping your head above ground
• Embracing the bug – the travel bug
• Beltane Fire Festival

Thousands of Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) graduands will celebrate with friends and family at annual graduation week celebrations this week.

• The Great Escape 2013
• New Zealand artists behind new science fiction film
• A NZ Music Month Project

Over the Easter long weekend I packed my bag and headed to meet my Topdeck Travel Amsterdam tour group in central London, hoping to find a company which shared my tour group philosophy.

• Tantalising Thailand
• Trulli treasures in Puglia, Italy
• Hawaii I go

You can now grab a top travel deal on New Zealand Times. Search the best selection of tours from the most popular travel operators. You can filter by price, trip, length and destination. Where will you be off to next?

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR REVIEW | The New Zealand Dollar shored it losses this morning as growth in retail figures released by the New Zealand Government where better than expected.

• Whose script are you living?
• China’s Weak Growth Hurts the Kiwi
• Antipodean lawyers London networking group host Anzac Day events

There are some more pragmatic things which have to be prepared before leaving home for Europe and the UK.

• Leaving for the UK: Your countdown checklist
• Accommodation
• Landing in London