It's probably around the two-hour mark of this big, bloated, bombastic spectacle of a sequel that you might start thinking to yourself, why are we doing this again?

It has long been associated with guilt and heartache, but a new study suggests casual sex can have a positive effect - for some people.

Here are a few examples of how to make small and positive changes to your current workplace habits. See which ones apply to you and tackle each one week by week.

Auckland Big Day Out promoter Campbell Smith is confident the event will return to Auckland in 2016 after missing next year.

"While I've yet to experience parenting a teenager, I can report that my approach to children and alcohol was cautious from the outset."

This Friday at 4pm, the music television channel which was previously known as C4 becomes The Edge TV - a TV channel tying into national radio station The Edge.

Jon Toogood was leaving his central Auckland hotel and walking towards York Street Studios with one thing on his mind - the new Shihad album. Then something stopped him in his tracks.

Winston Aldworth flies EK413 from New Zealand to Australia.

He can overcome any obstacle on screen with ease, but George Clooney must have been daunted by his latest real-life challenge: meeting his mother-in-law to be.

The discovery of 44 critically endangered Archey's frogs just a few kilometres from Whangamata has heartened an amphibian expert.

Bright. I was always bright. I had bronchial issues for most of my childhood which meant quite a bit of time off school and I liked that, sitting around reading books and comics.

One of the problems with using passwords to prove identity is that passwords that are easy to remember are also easy for an attacker to guess, and vice versa.

Losing weight is very hard, so it's not surprising many people succumb to the allure of miracle weight-loss pills and potions available online.

A Dunedin student received a "spooky'' surprise when he took a closer look at a pair of photos he took of the Otago Harbour.

Dress from a British retail store contained a label reading 'forced to work exhausting hours'.

Mona Dotcom's estranged husband Kim Dotcom, 40, has lashed back following her interview in a women's magazine this week.

The first Thunderbird from the New Zealand-made animated revival of the clasic 1960s sci-fi show has been revealed.

When Vicki Parry's highly trained Siberian husky nudges forcefully into her leg, she knows it's time to do a diabetes test of her blood-sugar level.

Steve Hansen says he had to talk to Richie McCaw about the unprecedented criticism that the All Blacks captain received after the first two England tests.

Michael Burgess looks at the five things learned from today's action in Brazil including the increasing pressure on the hosts.

Kurt Cobain's daughter has hit back at comments from Lana Del Rey, after the singer said that she wished she was dead already.

We picked the brains of students in the middle of school ball prep mode to suss out what it really takes to be the belle (or beau) of the ball.

Gary Oldman has seemingly defended Mel Gibson over his 2006 anti-Semitic remarks, and says we should "take a f****** joke" and "get over it".

A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from prison, according to her lawyer.

Teenagers who are physically fit do better in exams, new research suggests, and those who are lazy see their performance in the classroom suffer.

Ghana was yesterday exposed as agreeing to take part in international football matches organised by match fixers.

Speed controls on Auckland's new electric trains have affected punctuality between Onehunga and Britomart, where the first three have run since late April.

Brando Yelavich has fallen from cliffs, suffered from hypothermia and nearly drowned during a 16-month solo circumnavigation of New Zealand's coastline.

The Tattersfields spent less on one meal for their whole family than the price of one McDonald's Happy Meal by following a plan that promises to feed four people for five days for less than $50.