Some behind-the-scenes footage from Joe Carnahan's movie Stretch shows how bizarre and unerotic sex scenes can be to film, seeing the actors in hysterics right up until the director shouts "action!".

Customers who pre-ordered Apple's latest model iPhone are angry at being kept waiting - and one says he was offered a Samsung Galaxy as an alternative.

US actress Blake Lively and her actor husband Ryan Reynolds are expecting their first child together.

Shia LaBeouf slashed his own face with a knife and had a tooth removed in a bid to make his Fury character more realistic.

A woman alleged to have been an internet troll who abused the parents of Madeleine McCann has been found dead in a Leicestershire hotel.

A 12-year-old nicknamed "little samurai" has raised nearly $600 for the Mental Health Foundation after a karate teacher who inspired him committed suicide earlier this year.

NZ has a "rock star economy" and surveys reveal high levels of business confidence, but what could make the economy run out of puff? Peter Lyons looks at the issue.

Sonny Bill Williams has done the smart thing in returning early to New Zealand rugby as tomorrow night's ITM Cup Premiership clash is a must-win for the Steelers.

The fourth wave of of celebrity nudes hacked from the iCloud has leaked online - revealing its first male victim.

How did the country vote in the 2014 General Election? You can explore results for every electorate, every candidate and every polling booth in this interactive.

She is Google's secret weapon, charged with guarding the world's most valuable brand.

A secretive group of the world's most powerful oil ministers will soon gather in Vienna to take one of the most important decisions to affect the still fragile world economy.

Is six storeys the new height for apartment buildings in zones approved for four storeys?

Code-hopping superstar Sonny Bill Williams has created the blueprint for how to make maximum dollars during his limited years as an athlete.

Former Black Caps captain Martin Crowe is selling a three-bedroom 1.7ha lifestyle property in Kaipara privately on Trade Me, and says "it's a must-sell situation".

The brown fluffy bird with the oversized beak is part of New Zealand's culture, but with 27 kiwis dying each week they could die-off in about 50 years.

The Madden Brothers stopped by the Herald office today to answer readers' questions.

Pro-democracy protesters may have engaged in a night of battles with police, but then they cleaned up and apologised to police who pepper-sprayed them.

Over four days the Herald will reveal who we believe are the 20 highest-paid New Zealand sports people and look at how they make a living on and off the pitch.

At this point she is okay with me telling that incredibly personal story.

It's a potential health hazard that comes complete with rotting floorboards, nicotine-caked walls and the worst bathroom the agent's ever seen: Auckland's $1m hovel.

The range of inflight entertainment is often rather tragic, leaving travellers having to choose between bizarrely morbid movies or embarrassingly sexy TV shows, writes Rose Matafeo.

At 24 his virginity passed on! It ceased to be - expired and gone to meet its maker! An ex-virginity. Thanks, NZ.

Jennifer Lawrence has been targeted once more in the celebrity hacking scandal as more private images of the actress hit the internet over the weekend.

A British hedge fund founder is believed to have paid a New Zealand record price for an apartment, buying a sprawling 930sq m luxury Auckland penthouse for close to $8 million.

Over the next four days the Herald will reveal who we believe are the 20 highest-paid NZ sports people and how they made their money.

I was a squashy and bookish teenager, with berserk hair and pimples that were bigger than my boobs.