Kim Kardashian West was startled in the middle of the night by a "drunk naked woman" who tried to get into her hotel room.

Motorists will receive some respite from rising rising petrol prices, as Gull temporarily slashes 10 cents a litre from its pumps.

Science has found an explanation for the impulsiveness that causes so much friction with parents – the adolescent brain hasn’t yet developed patience.

It's said to cure women's low libido by making sex more pleasurable. But with fears over side-effects, many doctors are sceptical.

Bachelor winner Matilda Rice says she and her boyfriend Art Green continue to be plagued by rumours that their relationship is all just for show.

There are some downsides to travel writing that most people don't realise, warns Sharon Stephenson.

Taylor Swift brought Lorde into "this amazing world of supportive female friendship".

Miley Cyrus is reportedly dating New Zealand model Stella Maxwell.

The Government wasted time and money after "puncturing" a tyre recycling scheme, the Opposition's environment spokeswoman says.

Catwalks and ad campaigns are turning silver. Judith Woods talks to the woman who has just been spotted - at the age of 82.

There's a machine that simulates the sensation of contractions - the closest a man can get to the experience of giving birth without actually producing a baby.

Gregor Paul and Patrick McKendry pick the crucial players in the six playoffs teams.

It's not often zookeepers start trending on social media - but thanks to Chris Pratt's hit new film Jurassic World, that's exactly what's happened.

Three reasons New Zealand lost the fourth one-day international against England.

Matilda the 'Alien Cat' is causing a stir on the internet, with thousands of followers falling for her unusual massive glassy eyes.

The $1.3b megaship Ovation of the Seas has been confirmed to visit next year but in Auckland passengers may have to be ferried from the ship to shore in small boats.

Fans jeered and shouted “Queenslander” and “Gallen’s a w***er” during a minute's silence to honour one of Australia’s greatest distance runners.

A group of Aucklanders are rebelling from a hook-up oriented dating app culture and injecting some wholesomeness back into modern romance.

The school principal behind a controversial ban on puffer jackets has been backed by his principals' association.

Jurassic World star Chris Pratt is single-handedly keeping the US film industry all-American by refusing to leave the country to make movies.

Qatar Airways has won top airline at the Skytrax awards announced in Paris after nearly 19 million passengers voted.

A kid ate hash brownies on Shortland Street this week. This can only mean one thing: the whacky winter season is well and truly under way.

Are cats secretly laughing at us? Is all that purring, licking and being available for stroking just an elaborate ruse for food and a warm place to sleep?

The incredible travels of a hefty great white shark named Pip are helping scientists rewrite the book on everything we thought we knew about the feared species.

Nearly 6000 new apartments are set to be built across Auckland over the next three years, with most planned for suburban and city fringe areas, new research reveals.

Ousted Dancing with the Stars contestant Colin Mathura-Jeffree claims he was misrepresented on the TV3 show as a "cliched gay boy".

Just when TV fans didn't think they could take any more heartbreak, Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad played a pretty cruel prank on fans of the popular drama.

McDonald's NZ has reported a 2 per cent lift in revenue to $221m as the business grapples with falling sales globally.