A new Facebook button that lets you ask friends if they're single or taken has been branded "invasive"…

1. Facebook expands privacy checkup tool

A Swiss court has ordered a Russian billionaire to pay more than $5 billion to his ex-wife in what could become the biggest…

1. China, Russia sign $400 billion gas deal

Arguments with the people we are close to can have a serious impact on our health and mortality rate, a new study has confirmed…

1. Arguing worth an early death?

Does someone in your life keep hurting you? It happens to the best of us. Experiencing pain and hurt is part of the human…

1. Louise Thompson: Why we need to rest (1 comments)

The mother of a Cambridge University student has posted an advertisement for a "talkative blonde" to…

Its official. My editor has agreed that my year-long challenge as a Supportive Wife can end next week, writes Wendyl Nissen…

1. Wendyl wants to know: Too much sugar, so this one's staying on the shelf

Kim and Mona Dotcom's marriage has come to an end after five years. Dotcom made an announcement about the separation last…

1. Deborah Hill Cone: Tis a tangled web we weave in our online lives (19 comments)

Online romance and dating scams are cruelly fleecing New Zealanders of millions of dollars.

1. Cyberstalking suitors common: survey

Mona Dotcom and her controversial internet mogul husband Kim Dotcom have separated after five years of marriage.

1. photos Kim and Mona Dotcom (10 photos)

What's behind the latest figures released by Statistics NZ that tell us the numbers of couples tying…

1. 'Warning bell' as marriage figures drop

Many have suspected it for years, but now research has proved that driving with your other half sends your stress levels…

1. How to find the best family car

A "cheap date" in Auckland is more expensive than many major world centres and in Wellington it will cost even more, says…

1. Fare go: Airport boss calls for flat fee

The "Mommy Wars" is the Americanised term coined to describe lively arguments between mothers who have diametrically opposed…

1. Shelley Bridgeman: Are you raising over-achievers? (28 comments)

Relationships can be so full of drama, at home, at work, at the school gates, with family and friends.

1. Louise Thompson: A recipe for relaxing

As much as we love our husbands the line between fascinating and captivating and complete bore can become…

1. Wendyl Nissen: A snack food without helpings on guilt (4 comments)

The number of blind children is increasing in the developed world as more severely premature babies survive.

1. Help for tots born too soon

Your parents' health and diet before you were conceived can also affect how your genes are expressed - and impact your long-term…

1. Pregnancy diet linked to Alzheimer's