Butter can be good for you but don't fry with olive oil. Anna van Praagh considers the latest findings that flip our food wisdom on its head.

A group of Dunedin flatmates say they picked up 550kg of glass after a party they hosted on their street which attracted 1000 people.

Queenstown man Verdun Waghorn was a UFO sceptic - until he photographed one. Now he wants to know if the truth is out there.

New Zealand swing man Trent Boult has scooped a top contract in this year’s Indian Premier League.

Ticket prices for this year's Rugby World Cup are soaring on auction sites, with one seat at the final on sale for 59,000 ($121,000) - many times its original value.

It has been just over a decade since Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman captured the hearts of the country when she lost her limbs to meningococcal disease.

For all its success, Still Alice is a shameful anomaly as well as a triumph, simply by dint of the fact that at its heart is a middle-aged woman.

Cindy Crawford's husband shared a bikini Valentine's snap of the 48-year-old the day after an untouched photo of the former-supermodel was leaked online.

If you thought that Game of Thrones couldn’t get any more shocking, think again.

A key cause of last year's inconsistent Chiefs campaign was the mid-season absence of Aaron Cruden.

Zane Lowe, an award-winning presenter on the BBC's flagship UK pop music station, Radio 1, is quitting.

Sick of over-rated lovey-dovey films? Jess Denham lists some amazing romantic movies to watch this Valentine's Day, without all the cheesey cliches.

American Horror Story star Jamie Brewer took to the catwalk at Carrie Hammer's fashion show.

It's called rape culture, silly, writes Rachel Wong. You know, when it's considered cultured to rape and degrade women and then blame it all on them?

Researchers have come up with the first precise risk estimates of people developing stomach cancer if they have inherited certain gene mutations.

"I am a Muslim. I am labelled as a terrorist. I trust you. Do you trust me? Give me a hug." And with that, Mustafa Mawla waited for someone to hug him.

Kiwi rocker Jon Stevens produced a medical certificate to explain his absence from yesterday where he was due to face assault charges in relation to his fiancee Jodhi Meares.

Turning fifty feels like a milestone birthday in a way that you thought 30 and 40 might be but weren’t, writes Shelley Bridgeman.

Big fighting men like Mickey Rourke might be tough, but that does not compare to the protectiveness of a mother.

109-year-old Alfie Date spends his time knitting tiny wool sweaters for tiny injured penguins.

Chris Schulz takes on Kanye West over Beck's win and Beyonce's snub at the Grammys.

If hype, 'likes' and advanced ticket sales are any indication of success, box offices around the world will get a boost this weekend with the release of the much anticipated adaptation of author EL James' "mummy porn" phenomenon, Fifty Shades of Grey.

A "blinding" flash, intense explosion and sonic booms experienced over much of the country last night were probably caused by a meteor, experts agree.

Erica Hannam and Richard Tout are restoring their heritage-listed Northcote Pt villa but are concerned about the proposed SkyPath pedestrian and cycle way.

Images of a man car-surfing on Auckland's Harbour Bridge have emerged as an Alexandra man remains in a critical condition after falling from a van travelling at high speed in Central Otago.