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 teenager who supplied alcohol to James Webster, who died after a night of binge drinking, is refusing to say where he got the alcohol.

After his son admitted encouraging James Webster to drink, a tearful John Banks accepted responsibility for the boy's actions 'because that's what a father should do'.

Mayor John Banks has broken down in tears as he apologised for the actions of his son Alex, who encouraged alcohol-poisoning victim James Webster to drink.

Helena McAlpine is no different from thousands of Kiwi women in most ways ... but this time last year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Allowing brothels to operate near playgrounds, schools or churches in central Otago resort towns is "unacceptable", a lobby group says.

Progress is being made in the war against drug addiction and its links with crime.

TVNZ has received a record number of complaints about Paul Henry's remarks on Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand, and many staff within TVNZ were also angered by the comments.

A man was tasered 13 times in a Perth police station as nine officers stood by, says a corruption watchdog.

John Key says he supports TVNZ's two-week suspension of Breakfast host Paul Henry, but has denied putting any pressure on the state broadcaster to take action.

Many Herald readers have welcomed TVNZ's suspension of Breakfast host Paul Henry, but he still has some die-hard supporters.

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.

Keisha Castle-Hughes is producing a film about a subject painfully close to her heart - NZ's 'epidemic' of P abuse.