Chlamydia rates in Kiwis are on the decline, but New Zealand still has a much higher rate of infection than Australia.

It has long been associated with guilt and heartache, but a new study suggests casual sex can have a positive effect - for some people.

When Vicki Parry's highly trained Siberian husky nudges forcefully into her leg, she knows it's time to do a diabetes test of her blood-sugar level.

Cat owners are using new technology to impose strict curfews and prevent the pets hunting at night.

Ugly is in the eye of the beholder - especially for the judges of 29 dogs vying to win the annual Sonoma-Marin Fair's Ugly Dog Contest.

A terminally-ill divorcee faces being evicted from her home despite being owed nearly $1 million, after her case was put off for three months while a judge is on holiday.

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that every woman, no matter how successful, must be in want of a husband and family to feel complete.

Tom Sandford admits he has forgotten the details. Asked how he proposed to wife Carol 70 years ago, he pauses, before laughing heartily: "Oh, I can't remember."

Sexually transmitted infections in the over-60s has soared in the last year, as experts claim the baby boom generation rarely use a condom.

Nearly 7000 families have been interviewed about the home, health and development of their toddlers - and some of the results surprised researchers.

A Dunedin family has received an apology from the Dunedin City Council after it euthanised the family's beloved pet dog.

The owner of a world-famous dog found floating on a log near Great Barrier Island this week has spoken - and this fishy dog's tale is not all it seemed.

Jade Jagger has given birth to a baby boy.

becoming an octogenarian has only ramped up Jane Goodall’s globe-trekking schedule, because there’s far too much to be done to pause for a breather.

Several gruesome dead cats have been found this week draped over the rail guard and fences near the main road leading to Tapora, east of Kaipara Harbour.

On the eve of the opening of her award-winning play on reproduction, Elisabeth Easther looks at the business of fertility and asks why making babies can be so simple for some and so complex, expensive and heartbreaking.

Here are 6 top maintenance rules governing how we can be better and kinder friends to our friends.

Dita De Boni writes: I once swore we'd get pets for the kids "over my dead body", yet here I am, looking at a fish tank containing the three newest members of the household: Hammerhead, Fishey and Wuzzley.

Smoking cannabis can reduce a man's fertility by altering the size and shape of his sperm, research has shown.

Norwegian research showed the children of a divorced couple are 1.54 times more likely to be overweight than children with married parents.

Ultimately the goal is for a full and speedy recovery for your pet, regardless of how it is achieved. Here are 5 alternative options.

Robert De Niro has discussed the difficulties his father, the artist Robert De Niro snr, faced coming to terms with his homosexuality.

Relationship expert Jill Goldson reveals the five most common qualms of couples who live together, plus tips to resolve them.

"I suspect the reasons for checking into a hotel in your own city are likely to centre less on productivity and more on achieving privacy for unauthorised assignations."