The proliferation of cheap clothing has led us to shop excessively. We should be buying more carefully, argues an environmental journalist.

Prince Harry has been getting together with Pippa Middleton - but sources are split on whether it is a romance or just friendship.

The gathering that greets the summer solstice at Stonehenge each year has become very different from its earliest incarnation.

So many books, so little time. Selecting books for Fiction Addiction is a delicious but sometimes difficult task, so this month we sought help by asking you what makes a good book club read.

Historic places make unusual settings for Olympic events, says David Leggat.

Mandatory closing times is not necessarily the answer to society's drinking problems, says Don Kavanagh.

Places of historical importance in London will take on other roles as settings for Olympic events.

New Zealand athletes are in full Olympic Games qualifying mode for London in 13 months' time. How are they shaping up and where do our best hopes of success lie?

Australia plans tough steps to to plug gaps at its entry points.

Noel Gallagher has moved out of central London - so he can have a garden.

Kids' clothing chain to cut East Tamaki workforce by 55 and close all its US stores.

NZ golfer confident for matchplay after qualifying fourth in strokeplay.

British anti-euthanasia campaigners accused Sir Terry Pratchett and the BBC of "cheerleading" for a change in legislation.

A toxicology report into the death of New Zealander Emily Longley has come back negative, while British police seek two 'suspicious' men seen in the area around the time of her death.

Beyonce is going Wellington bootylicious by becoming a Glastonbury reveller for the whole weekend before her headline gig.

British pop singer Lily Allen has married in a quiet ceremony in the English countryside, which became a double celebration...