NZ is still only a middling performer when it comes to parental leave provisions, according to a study.

Childless or empty-nest couples have replaced iconic families of Mum, Dad and the kids as New Zealand's most common kind of household.

Disgraced former Australian cricketer Dean Jones in hot water for fathering a lovechild with an air hostess.

Couples without children are expected to overtake two-parent families as the most common household formation by next year, according to Statistics NZ.

Media stars Kate Hawkesby and Mike Hosking say they are planning a wedding that is all about the kids.

To anyone who pictures Warsaw as a cold, grey, conservative city, yesterday offered an antidote.

Television's Charlotte Dawson has been looking for love online, using a fake name.

Breakfast co-host, Pippa Wetzell has announced this morning that she is expecting her third child in February 2011

Bristol Palin plans on marrying her on-off boyfriend Levi Johnston, who her mother once dubbed 'Ricky Hollywood'.

According to a pal, 54-year-old Mel is still in therapy and trying to come to terms with the allegations against him.

The man behind the Twitter feed 'Shit My Dad Says' is in talks with CBS about turning the 2.0 phenomenon into a TV pilot.

Kids are lovely and all, but crikey they make weddings hard work, writes Scott Kara.

New Zealand women find happiness in their families more than anything else, while men find happiness in their freedom.

Dita De Boni wonders why an Australasian parenting guru is so convinced teething doesn't cause infants pain.

Mel Gibson faces potential jail time if Los Angeles sheriffs find evidence supporting his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva's claims the Australian-raised Oscar winner assaulted her.

In a telling one-on-one interview with Parade magazine, normally media-shy Angelina Jolie dishes on what life is like for her and her brood, and gushes about how "strong and happy" the love she's found with Brad Pitt is.

There's no simple job description for fatherhood, but Mangere first-time dad Daniel Brown knows the kind of dad he doesn't want to be.

Like everything in Katie Price's life, her wedding blessing was full of drama and photographers on Saturday. She married cage-fighter Alex Reid in Las Vegas in February but the couple wanted a lavish ceremony at home for friends and family.

Researchers say that a split up between immediate friends increases your own chances of getting divorced by 75 per cent.

All Whites skipper Ryan Nelsen is just days away from his biggest high of the year - and it has nothing to do with football.

Keisha Castle-Hughes' friends are concerned about the actress following a supposed split from her long-time partner.

Details of Chelsea Clinton's upcoming wedding to fraudster's son are trickling out slowly.