The devastated parents of a young woman who died suddenly during a touch rugby game tell of desperate attempts to revive her in front of her family and fiance.

Keep an eye on your kids when you're out in public... and never underestimate how quickly they can move, writes Scott Kara.

The Independent's John Walsh speaks with the author of In Praise of Older Women as his erotic coming-of-age novel joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.

Model Lara Bingle says she will take legal action against a former lover, alleging he distributed a photo of her taken in a bath while the couple shared a brief affair in 2006.

Dita De Boni attempts to challenge her son and finds the struggle is all hers.

You wouldn't expect a parenting guide to include explicit graphic descriptions of a hardcore porn slide show, exhibited by Scandinavian psychiatrists at a Wisconsin conference on treating sex offenders.

New Zealanders are happy in their love lives - but three-quarters of us say we're in relationships where the demand for sex is lopsided.

For Malaysian Estelle Goh and her Hong Kong boyfriend Tim Chan, this weekend will be when they celebrate Valentine's Day.

Dita De Boni wonders whether all the praise and positive encouragement children are given these days will make them into better adults.

She has cast herself as the princess in the tower; he will receive the least sympathy in a public separation since Ike Turner... or Heather Mills.

Proud father-to-be Alan Perrott discovers the joys of pampering packages for expectant parents.

People will post just about anything on social networking sites. And the information could be used against them, even in court.

Breakfast presenter Ali Mau's televised attack on a woman's magazine has drawn a formal complaint saying her outburst was inaccurate.

A new website that allows users to find out where and when people are having sex has just been launched.

The Kiwi workplace is becoming more toxic, with office back-stabbing and bullying by bosses on the increase.

Susan Zinkin divorced her husband in 1962 but was forbidden from looking for new love for almost 50 years.

The findings of a study released in Britain this week promise to send alarm bells ringing in the heads of parents everywhere, writes Dita De Boni.

Nicole Richie has confirmed she and her long term partner Joel Madden are getting married.

Queen of pop Madonna's tabloid-friendly romance with toyboy lover Jesus Luz is back on the boil.

There is a strange paradox going on with modern women. They buy advice and self-help books as if they are going out of fashion, and yet they bridle when anyone offers them any actual, real-world, on-the-spot advice.

Madonna, who's been divorced twice, is to appear as a judge on a US reality TV show about warring couples.

At Rio's Carnival, collecting as many pecking partners as possible at one of the 650 massive street parties is truly a competitive sport.

"My best mate wasn't allowed boys around to her place in our teens..."