Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale are usually the best guys to watch if you want to learn how to take a good football free-kick.

Jetstar is attempting to reshape its image in this country as it moves into its sixth year of flying domestic routes.

His nickname is The Bender, so perhaps it's little surprise that Highlanders and All Blacks star Ben Smith celebrated his last days of bachelorhood with a fun-filled stag party dressed as a glam-rock....

The siege comes months after Australia's biggest ever counter-terrorism raids and follows repeated warnings by ASIO, the domestic spy agency, of the growing threat of a homegrown domestic....

Could it happen here? That is a question to haunt this country whatever the outcome of the hostage crisis in Sydney.

If we treated people with diabetes the way we treat those with depression, there would be an outcry, says the new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Former league star Sam Burgess has admitted playing rugby is harder than he thought after making his starting debut in the 15-man code on Saturday.

Kiwis will have a chance to see one of the most world's spectacular meteor showers with the naked eye in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

Readers have contacted me to say The Pirate Bay torrent site is up and running again, after it went down following a raid.

Burgers, coffee, meat and butter - Delaney Mes takes a look back at the biggest food trends of 2014.

Keira Knightley is reportedly more than three months pregnant.

Scott Rudin, the high-powered producer at the centre of the latest embarrassment stemming from the Sony hacking scandal, has apologised for remarks he made in leaked emails.

Most kids appear to vamp at one time or another. An astonishing 80 per cent of both boys and girls admitted to being frequent vampers.

It was murder on the dance floor for DJ pollies Paula Bennett, and Winston Peters, who provided customised music compilations for the Press Gallery's annual Christmas party.

Dana Johannsen lists winners and losers from High Performance Sport New Zealand’s latest investment spending announcement.

Lock Brodie Retallick, coach Steve Hansen and their All Blacks team were the big winners last night at New Zealand's glitzy rugby awards ceremony.

Lorde has given fans a taster from her archives, sharing a snippet from a song she describes as "not good".

Justin Bieber is the most tweeted about pop star of 2014.

The promoters of Taylor Swift's forthcoming Australian tour have confirmed to TimeOut that the superstar isn't headed to New Zealand this time.

The most popular kitten names for 2014 have been revealed - with Bella and Oliver topping the list of most-loved feline monikers once again.

One of this year's hottest Christmas presents is no longer available in the shops.

New Zealand's first Prada store celebrated its opening in style last night.

Seth Rogen played Kim Kardashian alongside James Franco in a shot-for-shot parody of Kanye West's Bound 2 music video.

Size really does matter when it comes to sex, according to a study demonstrating the importance of sperm length.