New mum Vanessa Mealings would welcome any change that made it easier for her to stay at home in the first year of her children's lives.

As a dad, it makes me shiver with fear to think the exchanging of indecent images of children is so widespread.

Mel Gibson will counter sue Oksana Grigorieva if she launches legal action against him over their January 2010 domestic altercation.

Liz Dickinson steps on the dating treadmill and finds singles fitness events can be fun.

When my caregiver casually commented that "I appear to be a few days overdue in the gynaecological department," I responded by assuring her gruffly that it would be nothing more than business stress throwing her system around a bit.

From his days in the Mickey Mouse Club to playing a father in a failing marriage, Ryan Gosling's career is maturing nicely, writes Helen Barlow.

Kenny Goss has called time on their 15-year relationship.

The actor is planning a "commitment marriage" to both porn star Bree Olsen and part-time model Natalie Kenly, whom he shares his Los Angeles home with.

Kiwi blokes are shipping in mail-order brides, new research suggests, because well-educated New Zealand women turn up their noses at their male counterparts.

Marcel Mihulka had carefully planned a romantic candlelit proposal at a hot spa overlooking Queenstown's Shotover River.

Britain's happiest couples are married without children and less than five years into their relationship.

Scientists have uncovered an odd fact about 19th-century Mormons: the more women in a household, the lower the birthrate.

Bert and Pat Archbold are in their 90s, nearly blind and without water or power, but they are refusing to leave their Christchurch home.

Many parents are seemingly conflicted about what to tell their young ones in the wake of such an enormous event, writes Dita De Boni.

'Do you think Ma has a cut on his head?' This from the little voice beside me, as I stared in incredulous horror at the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake.

The 37-year-old supermodel and fiancé Jamie Hince have reportedly told pal Tracey Emin to display her work at the reception to celebrate their nuptials.

The troubled actor is currently looking for two mansions in his exclusive Los Angeles neighbourhood because he wants to spend time with his kids and have them get to know each other.

Love was in the air for a couple who got engaged during a romantic early morning hot air balloon ride above West Auckland yesterday.

New Zealand's Governor-General and Prime Minister and their wives will be donning their glad rags for April's royal wedding.

She was the "geeky girl" with the big glasses at her South Auckland high school... now Chloe Conrad is splashed across tabloid headlines worldwide.

I thought we were over the bad old days where the thought of any men near children, no matter how public or how scrutinised, was cause for mass parental hysteria.

Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend has been granted visitation rights to their two-year-old daughter.

Critics may be questioning its historical accuracy but Peter Conradi, co-author of the book that sparked the Oscar-nominated The King’s Speech, argues the main point is the relationship between friends.

Halle Berry and ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry have called a truce in the custody battle over their two-year-old daughter.