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.

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.

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

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?

Shoppers are being duped by price-matching offers, with only 5 per cent taking advantage.

Controversial self-development training programme Avatar claims its course can fix life’s struggles but critics say the mumbo jumbo comes at a cost.

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.

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.

What does Colin Craig believe in? The Conservative leader on 'crazy ads', wackiness, his being his party's sugar-daddy and homosexuality.

Conservative leader Colin Craig says he'll keep spending his savings to get into Parliament - no matter what the outcome this election.

Once upon a time, 12 years ago to be precise, David Bowie said something very perceptive.

A New Zealand radio station has found itself at the centre of a Kardashian family row.

Problems that brought down websites such as eBay could become a regular occurrence as the internet effectively runs out of space, experts have warned.

Brando Yelavich is close to becoming the first person ever to circumnavigate New Zealand's coastline on foot.

From faceplanting athletes to sport movie ideas, Daily Shorts takes a look at the lighthearted side of sport.

One of the allegations in Nicky Hager's book is the modern day equivalent of the 1972 burglary of the Democratic Party's HQ at Watergate, writes John Armstrong.

For wheelchair user Jeremy "Jezza" Williams, travelling from Britain to Mongolia in a low-powered vehicle will be one tough adventure - especially when he's determined to throw himself out of a plane and down rapids along the way.