The first results from a study of 7000 Auckland and Waikato babies shows that 11 per cent of women smoke throughout their pregnancies.

About 36pc of first-time mothers, and 13pc of mothers who already had older children, were not aware of the Working For Families tax credits.

Kiwi bride-to-be Anna Pilkington jokes that Kate Middleton and Prince William have copied her.

Two studies of human development, one launched in the 1970s and the other from earlier this year, reveal how different society is today.

The other night at Starship Hospital a total stranger didn't quite give me the shirt off his back - but it was close.

Striving for victory is good, but sometimes cooperating is better.

A $5 million a year study has found that 40 per cent of the babies born in Auckland and the Waikato in the past year were "accidents".

Royal watchers, romantics and well-wishers finally have a date: the royal wedding will take place on April 29 next year.

One mundane routine that this mother-of-two will never quite take to is restricting her diet in order to lose kilos of stored baby fat.

A woman described having a 'feeling in my guts' on the morning she found her sister brutally murdered.

The best-selling author of The Tipping Point has enraged social network users by dismissing their impact on real issues. It is, Tim Adams writes, just the latest salvo in an argument set to run and run.

The divorce of Eva Longoria and Tony Parker is turning into quite the soap opera. And if recent developments are anything to go by, it's not exactly amicable.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard now has no chance of avoiding a further, divisive, debate on gay marriage.

Not to brag, but Wills charmed us long before he ever charmed Kate Middleton.

This is what queen-in-waiting Kate Middleton's wedding dress would look like if top Kiwi designers had their way.

The Facebook-related conviction of a Wellington man revealed the dark side of social networking.

Britain's Prime Minister has proposed celebrating Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding with an extra public holiday.

Supernanny talks about what life has taught her.

The news of Prince William's engagement to Kate Middleton was particularly well received in an iconic small cafe on the Hauraki Plains.

In the search for love, the internet opens up a whole wide world of opportunity. But, as Rhodri Marsden discovers, finding online companionship is easier said than done.

I very rarely - if ever - use Facebook for personal reasons. My profile has stayed the same since signing up - for the second time, I might add, because I forgot my password the first time round - in mid-2009.

Dita De Boni wonders when the right time is to broach difficult subjects with children.