In the last 100 years there have been many diets that various people and companies have advocated – some are bizarre, some are gross and some are deadly. Here are 10 diets that you don't want to try.

A study released by NASA has revealed that modern civilisation is heading for collapse. Today we look at seven civilisations that have disappeared and the reasons behind their demise.

It's time to reclaim periods as a healthy, normal part of life. There's nothing shameful about them, Shelley Bridgeman writes.

The jeep seized from the man identified as the prime suspect in the murder of roadworker George Taiaroa is still being held by police and is key to detectives' inquiries.

Former Waitakere mayor Sir Bob Harvey on his 43 years of marriage to Barbara: "In our house we have never discussed divorce. Only murder."

She can see it, that moment almost a year ago when her husband was shot and killed.

A passion for travel has inspired a Kiwi artist to create some of the more unusual maps you'll see.

Yvonne Costar is used to seeing Maori families around her battling on struggle street.

A Kiwi believes she has what it takes to spend a year on "Mars" - although any close encounters won't be with cute aliens but curious polar bears.

The family of Kiwi Paul Weeks are hanging on to slim hopes he could still be alive after it was revealed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 flew for more than seven hours.

It's a sunny weekday morning and the lounge of Maygrove Village in Orewa is sparsely populated.

We were just the width of a wobble board away from becoming a state of Australia at the time of that country's federation in 1901.

A New Zealand forensic scientist helped provide the crucial breakthrough in a horrific Australian murder cold case.

Prime Minister John Key does not think Judith Collins' dreadful week in politics will affect her long-term ambition to lead the National Party.

Charlotte Dawson's closest friends want you to know they loved her, they valued her, their lives are not the same without her. But they also want you to know the truth.

Joanne Scott had it all. A loving husband, a healthy 1-year-old son, and a successful career as a brilliant young doctor.

When Zayn Topperwien was born, his parents, Ryan and Keri, were overjoyed - but the emotion was bittersweet.

Malaysia Airlines faces an uphill public relations battle as it struggles to get on the front foot after the disappearance of MH370.

What began as four schools coming together each year to celebrate cultural difference - performing on a makeshift stage on the school grounds.

It's one of the country's craziest intersections - a dreaded pinchpoint for traffic heading north of Auckland.

Caroline Little isn't scared of earthquakes. She has found herself beset by them for much of her life.

The Auckland Council has confirmed that an extra 2000 or so properties are covered by a controversial rule requiring owners to seek iwi approval to work on their land.

Dr Nicola Gaston tells a story about an encounter at an international conference dinner one night in 2012.

Two teens feared they could die at any moment after a pathologist initially got the cause of their father's sudden death wrong - a mistake that went uncorrected for almost five months.

A father of two young sons is one of two Kiwis feared dead in a mysterious Malaysia Airlines flight which disappeared yesterday.

A former equities analyst faces up to five years jail and a US$200k fine for insider trading, after telling his Aussie mate about a big deal with a top New York firm.

Labour leader David Cunliffe helped with the purchase of a $4 million beach retreat for a wealthy businessman who later secretly donated to the MP's leadership campaign.

This will be the no-contest election, won by a government whose arrogance - already at Justin Bieber levels - will only grow as the year goes by, writes Paul Little. The losers will be us.