Avril Lavigne thought she was "dying" when she couldn't talk or move while suffering Lyme disease.

Intermittent fasting may have anti-ageing benefits.

Retailers are calling for a revamp of Easter trading laws, as one rebellious garden centre vows to again defy the ban.

Jeremy Clarkson will go ahead with a live tour alongside his Top Gear co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May despite his sacking by the BBC.

By subjecting himself to merciless burns from a random assortment of comics and celebs, Bieber, now 21, is making a statement.

New All Whites goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic almost gave the game away recently, frustrated at the lack of progress he was making in his career.

A man fighting for his life after he was rescued from Wellington Harbour has been identified by a Kiwi in Sri Lanka who saw the man’s photo on NZ news websites.

Footage taken on board doomed Germanwings flight recorded moment screaming passengers knew they were going to die, it has been claimed.

A thousand-year-old medieval remedy for eye infections which was discovered in a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill the superbug MRSA.

A comedian got more than he bargained for when he joined the Auckland Blues rugby team for training - and one player has apologised over the incident.

Whichever of Cameron Slater's demons encouraged him to humiliate and endanger himself, a responsible boxing promoter should have said no, writes Brian Rudman.

One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has hit out at a UK electronic artist after he leaked Zayn Malik's first solo single online.

In the Argentinian capital, Winston Aldworth finds that meat and mating are on the brain.

Film-maker Taika Waititi is casting for a feature film based on a Barry Crump book, and he tells The Diary the project will be under way soon.

The New Zealand dollar continues its almost daily flirtation with Aussie dollar parity, reaching another record high on the cross rate as expectations began to mount that the Reserve Bank of Australia would soon cut its official interest rate for the seco

Parents are getting two more weeks of paid leave after having a baby from today - but it is still less than a third of what mothers want.

Scientists have mapped the features of the world's most beautiful men and women - and Natalie Portman and David Gandy are the closest real-life examples.

The New Zealand dollar rose to a record against the Australian dollar on speculation the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates again.

The doomed Costa Concordia was carrying a huge shipment of Mafia-owned cocaine when it set off on its final voyage, investigators have said.

Jamie Oliver has accused Gordon Ramsay of being consumed with envy over his multi-million success, which sees him worth almost twice as much as his peer.

Call it a windfall. Call it a gift from the heavens. Jamie Gough just calls it $107,000 and change - money he plucked out of thin air.

This is the heartstopping moment when a biker swerved within inches of a HGV during a high speed police chase which reached speeds of almost 240km/h

Brendon McCullum has been named captain of the ICC World Cup 2015 side that includes five New Zealanders.

Batsmen should be able to leave the cricket field without "tasteless" send-offs, former Black Cap and cricketing commentator Mark Richardson says.

Who volunteers to have sex in a laboratory? I was struck by this question when reading about an experimental study of ideal sexual positions for men with back pain.

With the full name of Abergavenny Sunny, and a pedigree status as a seal tabby Birman, Sunny the cat is a creature of some dignity and grace.

A priest has been slammed for telling primary school children that a woman who was raped and murdered would still be alive if she had been more “faith filled”.