German supermodel Heidi Klum's legs have been insured for US$2 million (NZ$2.4m).

A major new woodland will be planted to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee next year.

If you're a morning person, chances are you're happier, healthier and slimmer than people who like a lie in.

Tuition fees at New Zealand universities are among the highest in the world, according to a new report. New Zealand had the seventh-most expensive tuition fees for universities, with entrants paying more than $3600 a year.

This is not a Rugby World Cup mug.

An appeal for $95,913 to restore Roald Dahl's garden shed has proved a plot twist too fantastical for the writer's fans.

If there is any city in the world in which one should play absolute tourist, London is it.

Is it genes or upbringing that shapes our characters, talents and traits? As an adopted child, the question has always fascinated Kate Hilpern.

Peter Calder sounds out the sources of Ireland's traditional tucker.

Scenes from Northern Island's Donegal County.

An estimate of 160 billion barrels has companies scrambling to drill in pristine ecosystem, writes Michael McCarthy.

Some 5000 UK food outlets will offer calorie-count menus by the end of the year.