The controversy around Alison Mau's sexuality in recent weeks has been good news for TVNZ where it counts - the ratings.

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.

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

Two wealthy couples have split - one after the wife ran off with a hired hand.

A breakfast radio host was suspended after airing an explicit jingle about TVNZ star Alison Mau.

Celebrity couple Adam Parore and Sally Ridge are living apart, the Herald on Sunday has learned.

The British Prime Minister fought back tears as he told interviewer Piers Morgan of the moment he realised his infant daughter would not survive.

Three pairs of hip and funky couples tell Viva what keeps their love alive.

Scott Kara orders a new book about dangerous things you should let your kids do but wonders whether the suggestions should be followed to the letter.

If you think it takes nerve to ask a girl to marry you, try doing it before a national television audience.

Creative ways to showcase your love this Valentine's Day.

Auckland's Langham hotel has the answer to Valentine's Day gift-giving with a range of luxury packages sure to woo.

The Independent's Liz Hoggard wonders, in the lead-up to Valentine's Day, why men are so reluctant to write love letters.

Dita De Boni delves into some of the more extreme mummy-chat forums on US parenting sites.

What really lurks in the hearts of men? Can they be monogamous? We take a look at Auckland's swinger scene for the answers.

TVNZ presenter Ali Mau, who separated from One News frontman Simon Dallow last year, is understood to be in a new relationship - with a woman.

Intrigued by an immodest know-it-all named Bongo, Shelley Bridgeman endeavours first to catch him out, then to work him out.

Kiwi film stars Jane Campion and Kerry Fox talk about their unusual meeting during auditions for the film An Angel at My Table.

Dita De Boni is lost for words over her son's latest kindy creation.