Modern break-ups are, it would appear, a lot more complicated than those of past generations.

Are romantic relationships harder when money's tight and job security's gone AWOL? Are tough times forcing marriage into the sole domain of the wealthy?

I didn't notice the looks passing between my husband and daughter until I had finished cleaning the ceiling, the walls, the window frames, the door frames and the skirting boards of my bedroom.

An unusual love story: They look like any other happy couple – but each is going through gender reassignment.

Women wearing red or pink are about three times more likely to be at peak fertility than those wearing other colours, researchers reveal.

Simon Cowell's pregnant lover Lauren Silverman has settled her messy divorce.

The number of marriage forms downloaded reached 516 on Monday, when the new documents became available allowing same-sex couples to wed.

New Zealanders have become less discriminatory, are better prepared for disasters, and are more conscious of environmental issues such as recycling, a new survey shows.

Most Kiwis say they live a contented life despite barely half of them saying they have enough or more than enough money to pay the bills.

There are a few serial posters that are ruining Facebook. You know the ones, the friends who pop up on your feed while your scrolling through and make you growl.

Five Kiwi couples tied the knot at more than 12,000 metres in the air this week - setting the record for the world's highest altitude wedding on an aeroplane.

Andrew Silverman feels "deeply betrayed" by Simon Cowell.

"Once you tell someone that the person they love is cheating on them, you change their life forever."

Do you share a bed with a snorer? How do you put up with it? Does it cause difficulties in your relationship?

Murder is the main reason why humans and other primates mate for life, according to scientists.

A Bay of Islands couple are hoping to be the country's first legally wed lesbians after winning an all-expenses-paid same-sex wedding.

Clean living is key to men remaining virile after the age of 45, according to new research which shows sex, drugs and rock and roll is an oxymoron.

A same-sex Auckland couple who hope to get married in a secular ceremony the day gay marriage becomes legal say they feel sorry for those refused matrimony by the Anglican church.

The Bishop of Auckland has rejected claims that instructions from 'on high' have caused a late halt to a proposed gay wedding taking place at St Matthew-in-the-City parish.

In case you haven't heard, there's a person called Kim O'Grady from Perth who spent four months sending out job applications but got only rejection letters in return.

Charles Saatchi has dispensed with lawyers and is to negotiate his own divorce with Nigella Lawson in a battle to keep intact his contemporary art collection.

This week in Women's Studies: old myths are shattered; sexy myth-truths are explained by albatrosses; and good news for Nigella.

Do conservative expectations still wield so much power that women are voluntarily disconnected from themselves – and their children – by name?

Traditional large weddings are on the way out as Kiwi couples opt for intimate and personalised celebrations.

There are so many things that can damage your relationship over time: his friends; his personality; his weird trousers that show too much ankle. And now there's one more!