So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star?* Then listen now to what I say: just get an electric guitar and take some time and learn how to play.

As the party licks its wounds after a demoralising election defeat, the Weekend Herald asked four commentators with inside knowledge for their diagnosis and suggested cure.

A string of A-list celebrities is expected to gather in Venice at the weekend for one of the most exclusive jet set events of the year: the wedding of US actor George Clooney to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.

Owning your own home is the "Kiwi dream" but it's becoming out of reach for a lot of people. But fear not, here's ten reasons why you might prefer to stay renting.

Corban and Alex Wall's previous renovation experience is already becoming evident on TV3's popular show The Block.

Talking to the person sitting next to you in a plane is a turn-off for many - but not if your seat buddy is Richie McCaw.

Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes says pursuing her acting career to the top is the best gift she can give to her daughter.

More than 4000ha of freehold land fronting 25km of Fiji coastline could fetch more than $14 million.

You may have never heard of them, but it won't be long before their efforts are making an impression on you, too.

Internet trolls on the site which hosted naked celebrity photos have made what appears to be a threat to film star Emma Watson just hours after she addressed the United Nations on gender equality.

Plans are being formulated at TVNZ on what to do about "the Toni factor" when popular presenter Toni Street goes on maternity leave early next year.

Traffic will gain clearer runs to and from Auckland Airport from a $140 million accelerated project to turn George Bolt Memorial Drive into a full motorway.

A scorpion has been destroyed after being found inside the tent of a traveller coming back into Auckland from Mexico at Auckland Airport.

After negotiations with the FMA, both Kiwibank and ASB are finally set to kill their respective zombie KiwiSaver schemes.

Stephen Fry addresses the "messy subject" of "drugs and dependency" in his latest autobiography, More Fool Me.

KTVA reporter Charlo Greene quit her job on live TV last night, outing herself as the owner of an Alaskan cannabis club and declaring "f*** it, I quit".

The vote on changing the New Zealand flag could happen next year, Prime Minister John Key says.

Anchorman 2 actress Meagan Good has blasted the people re-posting her nude pictures, saying they "should be ashamed".

When Whangarei Pak'nSave checkout operator Rebecca Mclean, 18, helped an elderly customer pay for her groceries last week she did not intend to tell anyone.

Controversial senator equates sharia law with acts of terrorism in a much-criticised television interview.

Taylor Swift has spoken about her friendship with Lorde, calling her a "very special girl".

Inspired by the last requests of death row inmates and allowing diners to "enjoy the idea of a last meal, without the nasty execution bit," Death Row Dinners has caused a stir.

Up on last time, but one of the worst voter turnouts this century.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has made an impassioned plea for Britain to stop blocking the flow of young singers into opera houses so the talents of the future can flower.

Jacqui Lambie, the straight-talking, combative Tasmanian, is shaking up federal politics and injecting a breath of the real world into Canberra.

Conservative Party leader Colin Craig says he is in politics for life and will not be deterred by another failed election bid, which came at significant personal expense.

For the changes in the Labour's rules which David Cunliffe was party to and which he promoted in order to undermine Shearer could end up destroying his own leadership.