When insurance agents call her "ordinary" and "normal", Partners Life managing director Naomi Ballantyne takes it as an endorsement of her leadership style.

Nicole Kidman stopped Naomi Watts from giving up her acting dreams.

TV One news reporter Jack Tame tells Alan Perrott about his evolution from super-keen schoolboy reporter to US correspondent — will Mexico be next?

There are comparisons to be drawn between two of sport's greatest fallen idols in recent years: Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong, writes Alan Goldman.

I had intended to avoid the subject of Lance Armstrong in this column, writes Dana Johannsen. But, like most of us, I've been sucked into the hype generated by the Oprah machine.

The day was a celebration, but tears were welling up in the eyes of Sir Paul Holmes' family.

Michael Thomson says he has received a lot of advice as he leaves secondary school to study for a university degree in social sciences.

Former England captain Tony Greig, who died last week, wasn't just a renowned cricket commentator. He brought the panama hat back into wide view and reinvented the humble car key as a tool to measure pitch conditions.

A survey has found that Generation Y women in New Zealand are less satisfied at work than their male counterparts.

Editorial: Steven Joyce is not the first Tertiary Education Minister to be frustrated by the discrepancy between the courses offered by universities and what the country needs.

The gender pay gap is the biggest it has been in 10 years, according to new data from Statistic New Zealand.

NZX-listed companies lag behind their counterparts on the ASX when it comes to women's representation on boards.