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![Garth George: An era when pay rises rate above almost everything](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Garth George: An era when pay rises rate above almost everything
Many a time since this column first appeared have I used as a last sentence, "We reap what we sow".
![Post-sex blues common: study](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Post-sex blues common: study
A third of all women have experienced post-sex blues at some point, a new study shows.
![Royal stag do and hen's night pass under the radar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Royal stag do and hen's night pass under the radar
Kate Middleton is believed to have celebrated her hen's night while Prince William was visiting New Zealand and Australia.
![Preparing children for a new arrival](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Preparing children for a new arrival
Mia is enamoured with her mum's pregnant belly and she's started asking those sorts of questions.
![School choice about more than just grades](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
School choice about more than just grades
As her son approaches school age, Dita De Boni wonders about the importance of a 'multi-cultural' education.
![Kiwis flock to site with naughty name](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Kiwis flock to site with naughty name
New Zealanders are rapidly joining HaveAnAffair.co.nz but the new dating website's owners deny members sign up to do as its name suggests.
![Editorial: Parental leave proposal offers better balance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Editorial: Parental leave proposal offers better balance
The previous Government was much taken with the economic benefit of getting and keeping more women in work.
![Bipolar blogger takes aim at politically incorrect Latta](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Bipolar blogger takes aim at politically incorrect Latta
TV psychologist Nigel Latta is under fire for his use of the word mental.
![Friends without benefits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Friends without benefits
Sexual tension, jealousy, crossing the line ... can men and women be just friends? Shelley Bridgeman discovers the dos and don'ts of platonic relationships.
![Under-2s best at home, says report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Under-2s best at home, says report
The Children's Commissioner has called for a review of paid parental leave in order to help more parents care for children under the age of 1 at home.
![Costs make return to work hardly worthwhile](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Costs make return to work hardly worthwhile
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.
![Stealing their innocence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Stealing their innocence
As a dad, it makes me shiver with fear to think the exchanging of indecent images of children is so widespread.
![Mel Gibson may counter sue ex](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Mel Gibson may counter sue ex
Mel Gibson will counter sue Oksana Grigorieva if she launches legal action against him over their January 2010 domestic altercation.
![Stretch out to someone](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Stretch out to someone
Liz Dickinson steps on the dating treadmill and finds singles fitness events can be fun.
![<i>Peter Bromhead</i>: Ignoring the inevitable might make it go away](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
<i>Peter Bromhead</i>: Ignoring the inevitable might make it go away
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.
![George Michael's partner leaves him - reports](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
George Michael's partner leaves him - reports
Kenny Goss has called time on their 15-year relationship.
![Charlie Sheen has unveiled a new 'winning' tattoo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Charlie Sheen has unveiled a new 'winning' tattoo
The 45-year-old actor unveiled the etching on his wrist during his début hour-long radio show Sheen's Korner, in which he also denied claims he suffers from bi-polar disorder, proclaiming himself instead to be "bi-winning".
![Michael Stipe says he's '80' per cent gay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Michael Stipe says he's '80' per cent gay
The REM frontman has enjoyed relationships with both men and women in the past but says it wasn't until meeting his current boyfriend that he realised he preferred men.
![Charlie Sheen wants to marry both 'goddesses'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Charlie Sheen wants to marry both 'goddesses'
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.
![On a mission for marriage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
On a mission for marriage
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.
![Christchurch earthquake: Cordon scuttles proposal plans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Christchurch earthquake: Cordon scuttles proposal plans
Marcel Mihulka had carefully planned a romantic candlelit proposal at a hot spa overlooking Queenstown's Shotover River.
![Childless couples happiest, says study](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Childless couples happiest, says study
Britain's happiest couples are married without children and less than five years into their relationship.
![Polygamists share flaw with fruit fly](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Polygamists share flaw with fruit fly
Scientists have uncovered an odd fact about 19th-century Mormons: the more women in a household, the lower the birthrate.
![Christchurch earthquake: Devoted couple vow to remain at home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Christchurch earthquake: Devoted couple vow to remain at home
Bert and Pat Archbold are in their 90s, nearly blind and without water or power, but they are refusing to leave their Christchurch home.
![Dita De Boni: More for jittery kids](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=876)
Dita De Boni: More for jittery kids
Many parents are seemingly conflicted about what to tell their young ones in the wake of such an enormous event, writes Dita De Boni.