TV3 has announced the launch date for its new reality series, The Bachelor New Zealand, which will begin screening on Tuesday March 17 at 7.30pm.

Herald reader and Pakistani cricket fan Danyal Rasool with an open letter to New Zealand cricket great Martin Crowe.

A new $300 million 800-unit Albany project, promoted as New Zealand's largest residential apartment development, has just been announced. Martin

With such opposing looks it's hard to believe this striking pair are sisters. But they are much more than that - they are twins.

Behind the appeal of Indian food - what makes it so novel and so delicious - is also a stranger and subtler truth.

Footage has emerged from music festival Westfest of a singer throwing a jug of liquid at the crowd, allegedly burning fans in the front rows.

A disobedient, or perhaps determined, husband has a chance to win a share of $1 million after taking a spectacular one-handed catch at last night's World Cup game in Napier.

Forget #thedress; today it's all about an incredible shot of a weasel riding a woodpecker and the clever memes it has spawned.

China's Environment Minister has promised to confront an environmental challenge "unprecedented in human history" after an online film exposing his country's pollution crisis went viral with more than 100 million hits in two days.

American action hero Dominic Purcell, star of Prison Break, will be a surprise ringside guest at boxer Joseph Parker's bout in Manukau tomorrow night.

A Shortland Street actor has been left red-faced after being snapped by a fan parking in a parking space reserved for disabled shoppers.

An online watchdog says a company pinged for a cake photo from her Facebook page would be affected by proposed legislation designed to stamp out cyber bullying.

Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Taylor Swift has vowed to never talk publicly about fellow pop star Katy Perry amid rumours of a raging feud between the two singers.

John Key urges the public not to confiscate the keys of motorists they see driving badly after spate of vigilante incidents involving tourist drivers.

Vodafone says it's joined forces with streaming video newcomer Netflix, with some of its customers getting the service free for six months.

Lacey Spears had blogged for years about her son's health problems, playing the loving mother. In reality she was force-feeding him salt.

A company has been told to "shove that down ya cake hole" after being forced to pay a humiliated former employee more than $168,000.

AUDIO: There's no excuse for being overweight, you can judge kids by their names and it's okay to miss their birthday - that's the opinion of loudmouth mum, Katie Hopkins.

A Napier woman who baked an offensive cake about her former employers has been awarded more than $168,000 in damages following a Facebook privacy and “loss of dignity”.

Love hurts: injuries sustained during sex have hit a six year high, ACC figures reveal.

A spate of accidents involving tourist drivers this summer has led to several incidents in which South Island residents have stopped drivers and confiscated their keys.

An incensed Dunedin man took car keys from a tourist who had stopped to take photos on Otago Peninsula, causing eight vehicles to back up on the narrow road.

The best match, catch, innings and other highlights of the Cricket World Cup near the midway point of the tournament.

The photographer behind the unretouched image of Cindy Crawford at a 2013 lingerie shoot is taking legal action amid allegations the snap was stolen and altered to make the supermodel look bad.

Actress Sigourney Weaver has called on hackers to leave Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence alone.