The next move for hit reality television show The Block NZ could be into an Auckland apartment building or giving its contestants the challenge of starting from scratch on bare land.

Academics think that kissing helps partners share bacteria, shoring up their immune systems and enabling them to better fight disease.

Dylan Cleaver spent two weeks “embedded” with All Blacks Tours, discovering the All Blacks are certainly the most-loved, and just as definitely the most hated, rugby team on the planet.

It's been a month-long campaign, but finally the contest for Labour's leadership is drawing to a close, with the new leader to be revealed at 2pm.

The new Labour leader is going to have to be one tough cookie.

Jennifer Lawrence says she knew being a movie star would bring with it a certain loss of privacy. What she didn't know, she says, was the deep emotional and even physical toll it would take.

Singer Anthony Callea and actor Tim Campbell have tied the knot three months after their engagement.

All Black star Richie McCaw should swap the silver fern for the thistle, according to genealogy researchers.

A professional couple in their late 20s splurged $1.472 million on their first home at the auction of four properties from the reality home-building TV show The Block.

Auckland is in for a wet and windy start to the week, with heavy rain, gales and possible thunderstorms forecast for today.

UPDATE: Director admits the footage of a boy rescuing girl is a fake, designed to highlight the plight of children in warzones. The video, which went viral last week, showed the boy braving a barrage of bullets — even playing dead at one point — to save the girl pinned down by sniper fire. Footage:ShaamNetwork S.N.N

When the Stones roll into New Zealand, a 300-strong army will mobilise to stage the greatest rock show on earth.

Graham Norton crushed a barrel of grapes with his bare feet recently to help Kiwi firm Invivo Wines make a special sauvignon blanc bearing his name.

Downtown Auckland is looking forward to a retail revival as a number of trendy fashion stores open.

We're following all the action from The Block NZ live auction and final - who will be this year's winner and how much will the houses sell for?

It's been a busy old week in the world of entertainment. Here are 10 things we discovered over the past seven days ...

We count down the five big must-see sporting events that take place over the next three days.

Redfoo has issued a public apology after a petition was launched calling for him to be sacked from the X Factor over his controversial new song.

The Bad Sex in Literature Award draw attention to poorly written, perfunctory or redundant passages of sexual description in modern fiction and to discourage them.

Lorde has slammed Diplo for having a "tiny penis" after he poked fun at her good friend Taylor Swift's butt.

The English RFU has launched an investigation into allegations of homophobic abuse of referee Nigel Owens during the All Blacks' victory over England last weekend.

The prison where Phillip Smith is being held was two years ago condemned by the UN as it packed in 30 inmates to a cell, was infested with roaches and was leaking.