The cartoonist whose drawings depict overweight brown-skinned adults exploiting the Government's breakfast in schools programme says he has received hate mail.

The cartoonist who penned two controversial cartoons won't apologise for them and says they weren't racist because they depict a mix of ethnicities.

Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy says she found cartoons printed in two South Island newspapers personally offensive, but they were not racist.

Sometimes kids can look like they're living in another world. While the day whirls around them, they're lost in their mobile phones - photographing, tweeting, texting, emailing.

Prime Minister John Key was bubbling over with generosity on Saturday night as son Max celebrated his 18th birthday with friends.

Social networking site Twitter is becoming increasingly popular with teenage girls.

Forbes Magazine predicts that 2013 will be the year for social business, with organisations integrating social technologies into the way they attract, engage and empower employees.

When Usain Bolt sprinted clear of compatriot Yohan Blake to complete an unprecedented second straight Olympic 100m-200m golden double.

It's 6.58 on an unremarkable Tuesday night in Mt Wellington, and influential sports jock Andrew Mulligan is about to go live on air.

Alan Perrott finds out just how different @DanCarter is from the real Dan Carter ...

Twitter in sport is generally seen as an athlete's game but one coach bucking that trend is Dean Vickerman.

Reporters Kris Shannon and Steven Holloway investigate how Twitter has changed the daily experiences of Kiwi athletes - for better and worse.

Few top businesspeople in this country think social networks such as Twitter and Facebook place their firms' reputations at risk, new research suggests.

A beauty therapist who was caught treating salon clients at home after leaving her Facebook page open at work has been ordered to pay damages.

MYOB New Zealand executive director, Scott Gardiner on establishing ambassadors for your brand instead of doing it all yourself.

With so many eyes glued to social media during work time, employers are increasingly considering how sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook can help them hire staff.

Warren Buffet famously said: "I don't invest in things I don't understand." writes Liam Dann. On that basis you can be pretty sure he isn't one of the mega-wealthy US investors who have been buying into kiwi tech stocks.

Facebook's net income and revenue grew in the first quarter of the year, helped by an increase in mobile ad revenue, a figure some sceptical investors are watching closely.

An Auckland social media specialist is eyeing global expansion for his newly launched, web-based "music discovery service".

More than 8000 people are using social media to jostle their way to the front of a virtual queue and win a Samsung phone.

The Edge DJ Dominic Harvey is facing a hail of criticism over a 'sexist' tweet saying it's hardly ever a good idea for women to rap.

Returned service clubs have embraced Facebook and Twitter - and a controversial sponsorship deal with gambling giant SkyCity - to reach out to younger New Zealanders for this year's Poppy Day appeal.