A video claims to show a Chicago office drenched in human waste after the icy 'polar vortex' storm hitting the US led to pipes bursting inside the building.

Mark Amsler, senior English lecturer at the University of Auckland explains where the word 'Selfie' came from.

Graphic images of a couple taken after they were shot on a Libyan beach have been removed from Facebook after site administrators were inundated with angry emails.

Stories of Facebook allowing beheading videos but removing breastfeeding images has led many to question how Facebook should treat controversial content.

An ex-girlfriend of a jailed rapist is furious he was able to stalk her from prison, and also arrange for another prisoner to carry on the surveillance.

The 12-hour party was shut down by police in full riot gear shortly before midnight after a tenant finally called them in.

A study of how older teenagers use social media has found that Facebook is "not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried", an expert says.

It was the year of tweeting yourself into hot water, as celebrities, politicians and the suddenly infamous found themselves in social media disgrace.

A Facebook page which alerts members to police checkpoints is encouraging drunk drivers to take their chances with all of our lives, police say.

Justine Sacco, a PR executive who found herself at the centre of a Twitter firestorm after posting a racist “joke”, now says 'words cannot express' how sorry she is for her tweet.

A PR executive for a major media company tweeted a racist 'joke' that sparked a social media revolt.

David Cunliffe says he has been given a written warning about a tweet he posted on the day of the Christchurch East byelection urging people to vote for Poto Williams.

A Taiwanese tourist was so engrossed with checking her Facebook feed that she accidentally walked off the end of a pier - but didn't lose her phone.

The pretzel-bunned burger heralded by Time magazine as the "most important" of the year may be on its way to New Zealand.

Her social media followings outnumber NZ's population by 2 million, and she hasn't even finished high school.

Avid mobile phone users are less happy and suffer from higher anxiety, a new study shows.

A lovestruck Wellington man who launched a campaign to track down a mystery American woman admits he was "a little naive".

"Find me," she said, before slipping away into the dawn of New Year's Day. A Kiwi is hoping Xmas magic and social media will reunite him with his mystery 'Katie'.

Tumblr is where the Internet's cool kids hang out. That's why Yahoo paid $1.1 billion to buy the blogging site in one of this year's most buzzed-about deals.

Eleven high school pupils who posted photos of themselves online smashing bottles and urinating in the yard of a Queenstown holiday home retreat could face serious charges.

The local innovator behind Realstew wants his communications platform to make WINZ redundant.

All Hopey wanted to do was show off his battle scar. He probably never imagined that by posting the photo online, he'd create what we know today as the selfie.

Bauer Media is planning to ease Metro magazine away from current affairs when it gets the Listener in its stable.

Just as one high-tech breakthrough often paves the way for the next big thing, technology IPOs move in virtuous cycles, too.

Man Booker prize-winner Eleanor Catton has criticised one of NZ's foremost literary figures on his comments on the Roast Busters scandal.

I didn't do it for charity. I didn't do it just for novelty. I really did it to irritate the girl I was seeing at the time.

Giovanni Tiso admits surprise at the outcome of his actions. He is the man who saw to it that Willie Jackson and John Tamihere were suspended from their radio show.

To mark 150 years, we're giving you a glimpse into our newsroom, with a live blog documenting a day at the Herald.

Justice Minister Judith Collins says sexual abuse has nothing to do with the way a woman dresses, and has slammed radio hosts for making this connection.