Shan Inglis, the lawyer wife of Auckland mayoral candidate Len Brown, has throat cancer and needs urgent treatment.

When I found out we were having Mia, I made a vow to pull my head in and stop acting like I was still 21.

Details of the upcoming wedding of Chelsea Clinton have begun to seep out.

Tiger Woods will not be allowed to let girlfriends near his children, as part of his $1 billion divorce settlement.

Disgraced golfing star Tiger Woods will be banned from introducing new girlfriends to his kids, while his ex-wife will get a payout of more than a billion dollars, according to reports.

Police hope to speak to Jacqueline Blackbourn's ex-partner, who is now out of an induced coma, in the next day or two.

I could never claim that I love housework, but I admit that before children it allowed me moment of meditation in otherwise busy days.

Financial advisers and politicians - especially Act Party members - are regarded as among the least trustworthy people in New Zealand, a survey has found.

Why is infidelity so rife when the risks associated with affairs and illicit sex are so high?

A former Kiwi farmgirl has bagged a millionaire boyfriend through a website matching money-hungry women with rich older men.

Prince Albert II of Monaco is finally putting decades of bachelorhood and media scandal behind him to marry his long-term girlfriend.

Are French women superior at raising children? Dita De Boni delves into the debate started by feminist Elisabeth Badinter.

It's official: Orlando Bloom and Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr are engaged to be married.

Paul Thomas looks at the likes of Shane Jones, Mahatma Gandhi and Pope John Paul II to ask: what constitutes a vice?

It's incredible how willing people are to judge you as a parent, writes Scott Kara.

I can't get enough of Michelle Obama. She is one of my favourite things. I'm not being facetious, nor have I lost my mind.

I wonder how many of us will be telling our kids the cold truth about life: if you are good looking, your life will be easier.

Good parenting, writes Dita De Boni, is not just about clothing, feeding and educating your children.

Life can be tough when a marriage collapses, especially when you have to cough up more than A$4600 ($5700) for balloons and flowers for your "little prince's" 14th birthday party.

The Independent's Nick Duerden wonders why the UK has such different views on children in restaurants to the rest of Europe.

The singer says she takes responsibility for the affair which ended her marriage but doesn't regret the outcome.