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Nikau looks to reconciliation day
Tawera Nikau hopes that one day his relationship with his eldest daughter will return to a loving place.

VIP wedding to celebrate gays' big day
Auckland will put on VIP treatment for one of the first gay marriages in NZ - officials are even donating use of The Cloud for the reception.

Wendyl Nissen: Off the boil after too much of a fun thing
It's now six weeks since I began my year-long challenge to be a supportive wife, spending more time cooking, cleaning and caring for the man in my life.

Nigella moves out, cookbooks and all
Nigella Lawson has shown the clearest sign yet that the TV chef’s marriage split may be permanent, by sending a removal team into the marital home.

70 years on, she's still the one
Returning from World War 2, Jack Bremner missed his wife Helen's 21st birthday because he was out with his army buddies, but after 70 years of marriage she has managed to reel in her soldier.

Rebecca Kamm: Is hookup culture bad for young women?
It's interesting to Rebecca Kamm that casual sex at university has become an area of research, positioned almost solely as something that's harmful to young women.

Tourism NZ 'choice' campaign
New Zealand wants to fly two Australians across the Tasman to become the first same-sex couple to wed under the country's new marriage equality laws.

Nigella victim of 'bystander effect'
Diners who only watched as Nigella Lawson was assaulted were probably influenced by the "bystander effect" - and it's at play daily in NZ.

'It was shocking to watch'
Police are investigating photos appearing to show celebrity chef Nigella Lawson being choked by her husband during a row at a London restaurant.

Sam Judd: Rebuilding communities in catastrophe
Sam Judd blames the breakup of the community unit for many of the social and environmental problems of today and highlights how some visionaries are bringing them back.

Greg Dixon: About Facebook
By the time you read this, I'll be gone. I will have ended it, I'll have popped my clogs, cashed in my chips. That's right, I have deleted my Facebook account.

'Pink Viagra' on way to pep up women's sex drive
A Dutch company called Emotional Brain claims early trials of a new drug, Lybrido, show promise for women in the treatment of loss of sexual desire and that "pink Viagra" could be on the market as early as 2016.

For better or worse, until restless sleep do we part
I am gradually, but remorselessly, being pushed out of the marital bedroom. The presence of six cats, four of them so small as to be easily squashed by a clumsy male foot, is only the start of it.

Murdoch's divorce to make headlines
The divorce of Rupert Murdoch from his third wife Wendi Deng Murdoch has prompted speculation of the world's largest media empire becoming engulfed in a bitter inheritance battle, and of the reason for the marriage breakdown.

Where does size really matter?
Most men are more concerned about how they measure up against their male friends than what their girlfriends think of their penis size, a new study has found.

Dangers of a semen allergy
Up to 12 per cent of women could be allergic to semen - some so severely that exposure could cause anaphylactic shock, a leading expert has claimed.

Rebecca Kamm: What does a feminist man look like?
In the second of a multi-part series on male feminism, Rebecca asks: what makes a man a feminist?

The economics of sex and love
From divorce rates to the 'man shortage', there's little about love that can't be explained by market values, according to one economist.

Lagerfeld wants to marry cat
He showers her with attention and pays for two personal maids to provide 24-hour care for her at his mansion in Paris. Now Karl Lagerfeld has claimed that he would marry his pet cat if he could.

Does online love last longer?
Finding a lover online is more likely to lead to a happier and longer marriage than getting together through more traditional means, a study has found.

Diary: What I know about women
The Diary asked some famous Kiwi men from Dan Carter to Dominic Bowden to share their thoughts about the opposite sex.

The Diary: Affairs of the heart
The Diary asks some famous New Zealanders to share their experiences and their thoughts about affairs of the heart.

Marriage dying man's last wish
A Tauranga criminal lawyer achieved his dying wish of marrying his partner only days before he died from cancer.

Newborn could ruin marriage
The arrival of a baby is greeted with joy and delight by family and friends alike.