A new Kiwi website is helping people take a leap of faith to connect with their neighbours.

What is it with those Middleton women and their bottoms? First it was Pippa stealing the show at the royal wedding in that clinging Alexander McQueen dress.

This weekend in our things to do online list, we share where to buy products for geeks, challenge you to take a two-minute break and encourage your creative juices flow by writing a children's book.

Broadcaster and former Alliance MP Pam Corkery is back working with erstwhile Parliamentary colleague Laila Harre as the new Internet Party leader's press secretary.

Today we look at the top 10 'Most Powerful Women in the World' according to Forbes magazine.

Like many dedicated lovers of film, I enjoy making demands of mainstream cinema. Who and what are these movies there to serve, if not me and my specific needs?

Newly reinvented as the leader of the Internet Party, veteran of the political left Laila Harre made an immediate play for young voters with a pledge to tackle "unfinished business" from her last time in Parliament - free tertiary education.

Shortland Street actress Teuila Blakely, who plays Vasa Levi, is leaving the hit show after four years on set, The Diary can reveal.

Five internationally successful New Zealanders have been celebrated for advancing their country's reputation on the world stage.

Air New Zealand's first Boeing 787-9 has flown for the first time, completing a three-hour test flight above Seattle, in Washington state.

Armed with only his jandals and mother-in-law for protection, Craig Teal didn't flinch when he kicked down the door to a Gate Pa fish and chip shop on fire.

It's been a bad morning for Wellington Zoo. One of its new cheetahs has died and an investigation has been launched into how a toddler got into a tiger enclosure.

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is the 23rd most powerful woman in the world in Forbes magazine's annual list published overnight.

We are working with a group of innovative film makers, Loading Docs, to showcase great short Kiwi films. Watch Baba, one of 10 three-minute documentaries.

Large waves are apparently to blame for breaking up sea ice on a larger scale than thought, explaining a rapid decrease in Arctic ice.

With a million more people to cram in, Auckland Transport is looking at radical measures to help cut commuter traffic. And it could mean parking meter pain.

It took just 10 hours and 72 shares on Facebook for a UK tourist to track down the owner of a memory card found in a battered camera near Lake Pukaki in the South Island.

Unable to find jobs they enjoyed, two Auckland teens decided to open their own cafe - for charity.

An Anglican pastor has quit the church and is taking his congregation with him after the governing body moved ahead with plans to bless same-sex relationships.

Criticism, disbelief, and a degree of mockery sums up the response to the newly launched Internet Mana Party, writes Bryce Edwards.

They started out so well and promised so much, but ended so terribly. Chris Schulz examines five TV shows that should have ended much earlier than they did.

It's third time unlucky for the Honda Torneo, after it topped the most frequently stolen car list for the third consecutive year.

Watch Stop/Go, one of 10 three-minute documentaries made as part of the Loading Docs project.

A New Zealand charity has lost its right to use the words "Red Nose Day", after an Australian charity succeeded in a four-year court challenge to have the Kiwi trademark revoked.

More airlines are getting rid of their first-class service with only a few carriers able to sustain top-end cabins, says a report.

How much graduates in different fields of study can expect to earn has been revealed. So what should school students be choosing to study?

Today we look at 10 bizarre items confiscated by airport security around the world - from a live chameleon to a dead body.