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The Diary: Walker takes flak over 'accidental homophobia'
Stan Walker was slammed this week for circulating a State of Origin meme on Instagram deemed to be anti-gay.
Air NZ's buff new vid takes off
The national carrier's new inflight safety video featuring nine world-famous surfers is proving a digital hit.
Hey Russ, where the bloody hell are ya?
During an interview with Mike Hosking yesterday, Russell Brand had a momentary brain fade, believing he was talking to an Australian journalist.
Rachell Smalley to replace John Campbell?
Rachel Glucina writes, with only two months to find new presenters and develop a new show, is looking to a familiar face - Rachel Smalley.
Royalty at NZ charity bash
Zara Phillips, 34 - whose parents are Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips - is expected to make a guest appearance in Auckland next month at a private party for a New Zealand charity.
NZ's hottest sporting bods
Forget Dad bods, The Diary checks out some of New Zealand's fittest athletes.
Lorde tweet has fans guessing
Last week she posted a cryptic tweet about her independence, and two days later we learned she had parted ways with her manager Scott Maclachlan.
The Diary: Banks case turfed out
The case against John Banks was thrown out by the Court of Appeal yesterday and he will not face a second trial for allegedly filing a false electoral return.
Chrystal beats supermodel for DWTS
She's our favourite ambitious blonde who manipulated and schemed her way through The Bachelor.
Prince Harry gets his taonga
He first admired it last month at Gallipoli during a kapa haka presentation and asked how he might purchase one, but was told it was not culturally de rigueur.
How Bachelor kept relationship secret
They have been dating in secret for two months, catching private, intimate moments together at relatives' boltholes.
Lorde shall go to the ball
Lorde left Takapuna Grammar School to chase fame and fortune and missed that high school rite of passage: the school ball.
Kiwi Logies winner gets straight back to work
Kiwi actress Danielle Cormack scooped the best actress gong at last night’s Australian TV’s awards in Melbourne for her role as Bea Smith in the prison drama Wentworth.
The Diary: She's blonde and she's pretty - and she really knows her rugby
Former children's TV host Erin Simpson is joining the Sky Sports team as the new presenter of the Rugby Channel's First XV coverage.
The Diary: Harrycanes plan a royal welcome
The Wellington rugby stars are planning quite the reception for the party prince... if protocol allows.
Kiwi film crew's fears for friends
A 15-person Kiwi film crew shooting TVNZ's upcoming Sir Edmund Hillary biopic fear for the safety of friends they met in earthquake-ravaged Nepal.
Anzac Day plans of high-profile New Zealanders
"I am having an Anzac remembrance breakfast with my parents. Given my dad was an RNZAF pilot (although not in World War I) this seems appropriate." - Simon Gault
Another senior TVNZ newswoman quits
Current affairs producer Briar McCormack has resigned from TVNZ and is the third senior female manager to leave the newsroom in the past few months.
Noisy wake up call for Smith
Four-time Grammy award winner Sam Smith may be used to the life of luxury as he tours the world, but he isn't accustomed to being evacuated from a five-star hotel, which is how he found himself on Monday in Auckland.
Will Campbell go to Radio NZ?
If Campbell Live is axed by TV3, will John Campbell rejoin old friend and former co-host Carol Hirschfeld at Radio New Zealand?