Colliers' advertising in China for Auckland apartments talks up soft rules.

Max Key has posted a video in which he flaunts his jet-setting, perfectly tanned lifestyle with girlfriend Amelia Finlayson — but there’s no hint of a marriage proposal.

You'd think that, between the filters and the #fitnessgoals and the celebrity-grams, Instagram would make an unfriendly place to talk body acceptance. But the opposite is actually true.

Vegetarians rejoice! Researchers at Oregon State University have patented a new strain of succulent red marine algae that tastes like bacon when it's cooked.

The dollar has since consolidated after a slump in dairy prices and benign inflation stoked expectations of interest rate cuts.

For the first time psychologists have identified the four characters people transform in to when they've had too many beers.

Emma Le Fleming Roberts accused of failing to get autistic son medical treatment while partner faces murder charge.

Johnny Depp’s wife Amber Heard has been issued with a summons for illegally importing his two dogs into Australia on a private jet.

A dog callously thrown off a Tauranga bridge in the middle of the night is now up for adoption.

To commemorate Prince George's second birthday next week the Royal Mint will release a limited edition sterling silver £5 coin.

Tennis superstar, Serena Williams, has reacted to social media comments calling her brows 'caterpillars', sharing a video as she undergoes personal grooming.

Kiwis need to celebrate the good times more than they do, according to All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw.

The dollar plummeted after whole milk powder fell more than expected in the GlobalDairyTrade auction overnight.

An anxious nature can be an advantage - but only if you have the tools to manage it. Here, Dr Alice Boyes explains the technique.

Australia's largest integrated off-the-grid solar power system will be up and running in 2016 at a copper mine in remote Western Australia.

The elaborate prison escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman may have cost US$50 million ($74.6 million) including huge bribes to prison officials.

Live coverage of historic mission as spacecraft makes contact with Earth.

Does wet hair give you a cold? Will a nip of whiskey make you feel better? Anna King Shahab questions top cold and flu sayings and sorts fact from fiction.

What is good flirting? Researchers received - perhaps unsurprisingly - differing responses from men and women.

Health Minister extends immunisation programme until end of next month as North and South Islands hit by different influenza strains.

On first day as air ambulance pilot, William calls Charlotte a ‘little joy of heaven’ and praises wife’s mothering skills.

It seemed a classic either/or scenario but the All Black selectors have decided they can solve the Sonny Bill Williams or Ma'a Nonu dilemma by including them both.

The dollar gained as an unexpected decline in US retail sales raised speculation of a delayed increase in US interest rates.

A Harvard-educated lawyer has been charged in the mysterious kidnapping case that police had initially accused a couple of staging.

Punishments meted out to two Indian Premier League franchises and two leading officials should not come as a surprise, says David Leggat.

Nasa scientists played The Final Countdown to mark historic mission - and there are more pictures to come.

New Zealand's home ownership rate is now the lowest it has been for 64 years, Statistics NZ says.

Zoe Kravitz claims she lost out on a small role in the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises because producers didn't want to cast anyone "urban" for the part.