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Single-parent kids 'no less happy'
Children raised by a single parent are no less happy than those living with two biological parents, a study has found.
Children raised by a single parent are no less happy than those living with two biological parents, a study has found.
Stressed at work? Not getting along with your colleagues? The answer is simple. Take your pooch into the office - and many Kiwis are doing just that.
Naturalist Charles Darwin's theory that music's primary function is sexual courtship may have been proved right.
What is it about these little ankle biters that we love so much? I say 'we' as I have gone to the small side myself with two pomeranian X Japanese spitz balls of fluff.
National Party powerbrokers Peter Goodfellow and long-term partner Desley Simpson have married in an intimate service at a resthome.
Olympic rowers Mahe Drysdale and Juliette Haigh are celebrating a nappy Easter after revealing they are expecting their first child.
How important is sharing a bed with your partner? Relationship expert Jill Goldson explains.
Raising your children on a sailing boat has its dangers, but seafaring parents claim the benefits are vast.
Closeness between couples is reflected in the distance separating them as they sleep, a study has found.
The wonderful thing about being a supportive wife - my challenge for a year - is that you get to wear a self-bestowed halo for the good work you are doing.
The 21-year-old, born in England and now living in Wellington, said she once attended a support group for children of same-sex parents after moving to New Zealand. Her family was the only one there.
Your eyes seem to lock, you just about finish one another's sentences, you feel a surge of soulmate recognition - then bam, date’s over, and you’re back home.
Delaney Mes shares eight great dates you should add to your to-do list.
People all across the globe erupted into fawning fits of hyperbole when the latest family photograph of the Cambridges (William, Kate, baby George and dog Lupo) at their Kensington Palace apartment was released.
American fashion designer Tom Ford has married his partner Richard Buckley.
Spending too long on Twitter makes you more likely to break up with your partner, a study claims.
To honour the arrival of the Royals, blogger Sally Hibbard exposes five animal fun facts linked to the monarchy.
Shocking news out of Britain this week is the trend of women in their 50s having babies, writes Wendyl Nissen. The number of babies born to women over 50 has doubled in four years to 154.
I’ve been with my wife for 23 years, married for 20 of them. We get along fine, but I don’t think I find her attractive anymore.
Not quite a duck face, but Bruce the koala and his friend Jay have become quite the experienced selfie-snappers at Wildlife Sydney Zoo.
Miranda Kerr has hinted she wants to explore relationships with women in the aftermath of her marriage breakdown.
The quest for exaggerated breed characteristics deemed desirable by show judges has encouraged inbreeding with subsequent health and welfare issues for dogs.
I want to believe in the inter-connectedness of things, I really do.
A vintage relationship guide aimed at women reveals the outrageous sexism practiced by men during the Forties.
Pheromone parties claim to put science into search for love - by allowing you to choose a mate by odour. Sophie Robehmed sniffs out her perfect partner.
You remember the cliché about "kicking the cat" after a bad day? I think sometimes we might be kinder to our animals than we sometimes are to our partners.
When Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced they were "consciously uncoupling" after 10 years of marriage, many wondered what exactly that entailed.
A new dating app designed to provide proof someone is free from sexually transmitted diseases is drawing criticism from Native Hawaiians.
Yesterday the world heard the shocking news that Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are to separate after 10 years of marriage.