Kathy Griffin is prepared to make enemies in her new roles as host of Fashion Police. And she picked Kiwi singer Lorde as one of her first targets.

Well-priced central Auckland rentals are attracting dozens of prospective tenants to open homes, with many people queuing to see a vacant property, a real estate company says.

All Black flanker Victor Vito, 27, and his wife Amber, 25, have welcomed their first child.

12 Questions asks the good, the great and the interesting to ponder the big things in life - faith, hope, failure, love and money. Here are the best quotes from the year on sex.

If Lorde was in any way upset about missing out on a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, she had her BFFs right by her side to console her.

Our fashion jury round up the best and worst looks on the Golden Globes red carpet. Plus a pointer to the three best dressed gents of the evening.

In 1999, when Craig Nevill-Manning was approached by Larry Page to join the new web phenomenon called Google, "of course the answer was no", he says.

When you are told you are over-qualified to stock supermarket shelves, one option is stand on the street with a sign pleading for a job - any job.

In a market more competitive than a bazaar of carpet sellers, airlines see that by improving their food, they improve the experience and are more likely to get the passenger booking again.

Sharks enjoying the surf at a popular Coromandel holiday spot caused a bit of a stir with beachgoers yesterday.

Lorde has only a slight chance of her trophy cabinet getting any more crowded today.

New Zealanders living in Australia have chalked up a small but important victory for expats after being accepted for trials with the Australian Defence Force.

Champagne bottles glistened in buckets of ice as beautiful people in stylish sunhats, designer glasses and perfect tans followed theaction at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland yesterday.

Hollywood hunk Karl Urban has brought his new girlfriend, American starlet Katee Sackhoff, home to meet his family and friends, Summer Diary can report.

She's won a Grammy and counts Taylor Swift as a friend, but that hasn't made Lorde any less of a Kiwi teen.

Last year's weather was a "rollercoaster of temperature-swinging", MetService says in its annual review.

Rachel Glucina checks out the best celeb holiday snaps on Instagram. Warning: involves serious holiday envy.

New Zealanders made their mark overseas last year, most publicly in the entertainment world and the sporting arena.

On November 2, Stephen Lett won the Auckland Marathon, before dashing off to another first in hospital - the birth of his daughter, Ruby.

The former US vice presidential candidate posts New Year's message using images of son Trig standing on family dog.

The Diary has had a cracker year breaking some of the biggest scoops and scandals of 2014.

Back to the Future II thought 2015 would be a futuristic land of flying cars and hovercrafts. As the New Year dawns, which of the film's predictions were hits - and misses?

John Roughan: My daughter wants to know what it is like to grow up with red hair. Her baby son arrived seven months ago with a shock of flaming red frizz.

Larry Ogden has a full and fascinating story behind the motorbikes parked in single car spaces.

All technology is doomed to become redundant at some point, but the speed at which obsolescence is conferred upon our gadgets is increasing.

Politician Nanaia Mahuta carries a great deal of expectation on her shoulders - and her back as well as her feet.

Cricketer-turned-politician believed to have tied the knot with divorced mother-of-three - but his family do not approve.

A shark hooked by a fisherman that "tail-walked" before breaking free may well have been a great white, a passing charter skipper says.