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Baby boy for Barkers
It was once, twice, three times a baby girl for Dean and Mandy Barker.

Dan soars to new high with marriage proposal
All Black heart-throb Dan Carter hatched a plan to lure girlfriend Honor Dillon to Queenstown last weekend before asking her to marry him.

All Black star Dan Carter pops the question
Women worldwide will be devastated - ABs heartthrob Dan Carter is off the market after proposing to girlfriend Honor Dillon.

Lessons in birds and bees from boys in blue
Secondary school sex education lessons have certainly undergone a change over the years.

Bodybuilding ex-partner claims she bashed Laws
Michael Laws' estranged partner has revealed how she used to punch him in the face and became an alcoholic during their relationship breakdown.

Hangdog mutts suffer from the blues - study
Scientists have shown what many dog owners have suspected - while some canines are joyfully optimistic about life, others have a tendency for gloomy pessimism.

Four weddings equals a financial funeral
NZers are having to dig deep into their pockets to attend mates' weddings, a new survey finds.

A few words about how awesome I am...
Helena McAlpine: So, I know that it's not the 'done' thing to brag, gloat and generally rub it in on Facebook. But to hell with it. Na naa na naaa na! I'm in Raro-fricken-tonga baby!

Growing, going ... gone
Dita De Boni realises her days as a mostly stay-at-home mum are drawing to a close.

The curious relationships between people and animals
Hal Herzog, one of America's foremost psychologists, is dedicated to understanding our often contradictory behaviour towards different species.

Riot follows Gay Pride march
Far-right extremists hurled molotov cocktails at marchers in a Gay Pride parade in Europe.

Divorce New Zealand style
Not every marriage is a happy ever after. Roughly one third end in divorce — but they don’t necessarily have to end in tears. Shelley Bridgeman talked to experts and those who’ve been though it to find out how to survive the modern divorce.

The online baby
Research shows 91 per cent of Kiwi children have "some kind of digital dossier or footprint" on the internet by the time they are two years old.

Hide confirms wedding bells set to ring
As turmoil surrounds his party, wedding bells are on the horizon for Act leader Rodney Hide.

Sobering realities of growing the family
I've been on the wagon for three months now. I'm lending some resolute and sober moral support to my wife who's pregnant with our second baby.

Magazine under fire for faking celebrity wedding story
Australian magazine under fire after cover story details prove to be largely fictitious.

New technique promises to take the lottery out of IVF
Scientists believe they have found a simple and efficient way of selecting the best human IVF embryos that are likely to result in viable pregnancies.

Cot clutter
If there was ever a reason to de-clutter your baby's cot, it's come in the form of some alarming news about cot "bumpers" in the US this week.

Unravelling love's effect on the brain
Those intense over-powering feelings of being truly, madly, deeply in love are the result of complex and rapid brain activity.

Perfect 10, perfect marriage
Asian couples are travelling thousands of kilometres in their quest for a perfect "10.10.10" wedding in New Zealand.