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Online predator's fake daughter
The woman who used fake online personas to dupe teenage boys made up a fictitious daughter to get money from one of her victims.

Ladies, practise the art of seduction: Dita Von Teese
Von Teese told Vogue she adheres to advice from a respected French female friend.

Sorry ladies, SBW's taken
Williams revealed on Instagram this week that he's in a relationship with aspiring model Alana Raffie, a Sydneysider of South African descent.

Family regather for funerals, wedding
A family ripped apart by tragedy will regather today for a wedding - just five days after two of the wedding party were swept out to sea and drowned.

Single ladies: Ditch Facebook
Single women should get off Facebook because the "perfect lives" of their friends are bad for their health, a relationship expert has warned.

'We haven't been plagued by locusts'
It's three months since Melissa Ray and Tash Vitali got married - and the same-sex couple say gay marriage opponents' predicted social chaos came to nothing.

117 same-sex couples tie the knot
More than 100 same-sex couples have married since it was made legal in August, new figures show.

Abuse link to suicidal thoughts
New Zealand women who have experienced violent relationships are more likely to contemplate suicide, according to new research which says better integration is needed between health and social services.

Carrots make sperm better swimmers - study
Yellow and orange-coloured fruit and vegetables improve men’s fertility, but the carrot produced the best all-round results, a new study reveals.

Rebecca Kamm: The secrets to a happier marriage
The results of a 27-year study on 373 hetero couples - all newly married in 1986 - are now public. It's the longest running study so far on what makes a marriage successful.

Smith's big day, but teammates all away
Usually, Conrad Smith plays centre for the All Blacks. But this weekend, as the rest of the team packed their bags to fly to Japan, Smith shared centre-stage with his beautiful bride.

Bloom, Kerr call it quits
Celebrity couple Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have gone their separate ways after three years of marriage.

Modern Musings: Can long distance relationships work?
From a guy and a girl who've done the distance, here's the good and bad of it. Share your thoughts.

Boys sex ed 'should be vulgar'
You need to be crude and rude to teach schoolboys about caring sexual behaviour, says an expert who has enlisted the help of vulgar comedians.

Wendyl Nissen: Please, darling, just buy me my house
I want to get up one morning, put on my make-up, backcomb my hair ... and return to find that my husband has bought a new house without me seeing it. Just like that.

Big pay day for Kim Kardashian's engagement ring
Kim Kardashian's engagement ring has sold at auction for nearly US$750,000 (NZ$896,000).

Katie Holmes dating Jamie Foxx - reports
Katie Holmes is dating her ex-husband Tom Cruise's Collateral co-star Jamie Foxx, according to multiple reports.

Rebecca Kamm: The question every woman has asked
"Am I pretty enough?" It's a rare woman who hasn't pondered the question, silently and secretly.

Shelley Bridgeman: The risks of delaying motherhood
It’s all very well to talk of planning your reproductive life but sometimes circumstances get in the way.

Why do we kiss? - study
Kissing is fun and feels lovely, but what is causing us to want to lock lips? New research out of Oxford University suggests it's a way we size up our mates.

This is not a bromance
Why do we have to label a man’s love for another man with an ironic tag, asks Mic Wright.

Part of the family
Today’s au pairs are nothing like the saucy minxes seen in movies of the 60s and 70s. They’re hard-working young women paying to see the world as they work, writes Carroll Du Chateau.

Modern Musings: What does it take to be a man?
How To Be A Man lists abound. Here's one that's making waves online, for all the right/wrong reasons. Have a read and share your comments.

How breast cancer changes self-esteem and sex life
Nearly one in three women who had beaten breast cancer, and 54 per cent of those under 55, say they have sex less often.

The eternal male worry
A man’s level of anxiety about his penis size does not correlate to how his genitals actually measure up, a new study has found.

The rise of anti-viagra drugs
Known as anti-Viagra, a new drug which treats premature ejaculation could be the next big thing.