Rebecca Griffin's severe acid reflux used to give her hours of agony - to the point where she would consider making herself vomit to bring relief.

Cerise Lawn says pregnant women must speak up when things don’t look right, after signs of distress were overlooked and her baby was left struggling with disabilities.

Apps and websites that don't count against a users' data plan are popping up in the US and abroad under names like Facebook Zero or Wikipedia Zero.

Chocolate makers and fans of hazelnut-filled products including Nutella spread may need to brace themselves for price rises, after poor weather devastated hazelnut crops.

A one-minute video tribute to Robin Williams put together by Irish ad agency ModernGreen has generated more than five million YouTube views in a few days.

United Future leader Peter Dunne is confident his "flexi-super" proposal would be advanced in any third term National Government without compromising John Key's promises on superannuation.

Now you can ShopViva, too. We’re launching a new online fashion boutique from Viva, The New Zealand Herald’s flagship lifestyle magazine.

People who conduct interviews to embarrass the star believe they are more important than the subject and, more offensively, that they are more important than their audience.

Deborah Hill Cone writes about living with depression and her hope that one day soon the tears will stop.

This month, 950 scientists from some 40 nations will be in NZ for meetings on Antarctic research. Here's how NZ scientists are playing a leading role on the frozen frontier.

After a turbulent few years — and a spat with Miley Cyrus — Sinead O’Connor is back on top. She talks to Neil McCormick about how music saved her, and why she prefers baldness

Twitter has made everyone a political pundit - but who is really worth following for the election campaign?

Have our politicians reached a new low in gutter tactics? Nicky Hager picks five crucial parts of his book and invites you to make up your own mind.

Twenty years ago a film mixing social realism, gangs and domestic violence became the most successful movie ever made here.

One of the things Sir Peter Gluckman can do is get people in a room to talk.

I find it remarkable that Labour's proposed capital gains tax has generated so little debate.

Warriors centre-wing Ngani Laumape credits an improved diet and off-field preparation for his outstanding form and rising status as one of the NRL's true danger men.

We're in the changing rooms of a West Hollywood gym when I see the book poking out of my friend Kirsten's bag: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.

From an inauspicious beginning to his test career, Ben Smith has become the rock on which the All Blacks' 17-test unbeaten run has been built.

Act leader Jamie Whyte says Christine Rankin's entry into the Epsom election contest will have no impact because her Conservative party appeals to simple-minded voters, not educated Epsom voters.

There was a moment, when David Cunliffe and I were in the bush, when he looked completely Prime Ministerial. That comes, literally, down the track.

Trying to pick a winner in the NRL is a risky business at the best of times but I'm leaning towards the Rabbitohs taking it out this year.