While much of New Zealand will come out in force to mark the beginning of 2011, Richie McCaw has a different reason to celebrate these holidays.

I make up random recipes, like a Vietnamese salad. But the thing with me is that I tend to invent something and then I eat it and eat it and eat it until I'm totally sick of it.

A celebrity household name was arrested and charged with bad behaviour in downtown Auckland - but he has been allowed to keep his identity secret.

John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, shares his hobbies.

A New Zealand makeup artist has risen to the top of her field, painting the skins of the world's most famous people, but this year she is homesick.

Sir Elton John is holding close a new tiny dancer.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has become engaged for the third time at the age of 84 - to his current 'number one girlfriend'.

Just as her on-screen love affair with 'Westie' culture came to an end, Robyn Malcolm has made the move in real life.

A dalliance between a Viagra salesman and a sex-addict artist sounds like a recipe for mischief and misadventure. That's exactly what unfolds in Love & Other Drugs reports Des Sampson.

Lady Gaga was left "shaken" after a stalker got backstage at one of her shows.

Lindsay Lohan recently reached the milestone of 100 days sober, and she's only got two weeks to go in rehab. Job's a good'un.

James Franco almost turned down the chance to present the Academy Awards.

She may not fit into the current music scene but Welsh songstress Duffy - whose second album is due out tomorrow - keeps producing timeless hits. By Stephen Jewell.

The Wedding Crashers actor's wife Kyla Weber gave birth to a baby girl in Chicago on Saturday and the couple have decided to name the 7lbs tot Locklyn Kyla Vaughn.

Shane Warne reportedly sent more than 100 racy texts to a married Australian businesswoman - as he wooed Elizabeth Hurley.

A year not without its farewells. Here we have a tribute to those who passed away in 2010.

A lot can happen in a year. Sandra Bullock's happy home life exploded, Paul Henry's outbursts went global, and Prince William got engaged. View takes a look back.

More than a third of men surveyed said they wanted to have a glass of wine with the Prime Minister.

Rachel Glucina analyses the celebrity gossip highs and lows of the year and hands out the gongs

Furious at how NZ turned against him, this country's most controversial television star is looking to take his career overseas.

The beach wedding between Mr Hide and former squash player Louise Crome will be a double celebration for Mr Hide, who turned 54 on Thursday, and a joyful way to end the year after political upheavals in his party.

Surprised by movie pariah Mel Gibson's recent expletive-filled, vile, vein-popping taped rants? Neither was actress Winona Ryder.

David Arquette is drinking heavily to cope with his split from Courteney Cox.

Labour leader Phil Goff is defending renting out a property in Wellington that he promised to sell because he gets a taxpayer allowance to rent another place.