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Public appeal for love goes viral

Just when we thought romance was dead, a young woman’s public appeal for love in Picton has given hope to singles everywhere.

Bad news for Tinder users

Tinder Plus, the dating app's premium service, is launching today and will charge its older members far more than its younger ones.

Sex injuries hit six-year high

Love hurts: injuries sustained during sex have hit a six year high, ACC figures reveal.

Jill Goldson: The one thing every relationship needs

Not being heard can be one of life's most grievous experiences. Just how grievous it feels of course depends on different personalities and situations.

Why Tinder is struggling

Can this quiz make you fall in love?

A simple questionnaire, which claims it can make two strangers fall in love, has taken the world by storm, writes Claire Cohen. Here’s your chance to give it a try.

Authority backs STI tracking

Sexually transmitted infections should be reclassified to enable better tracking and treatment as social media influences sexual behaviour and more drug-resistant strains emerge, a health authority....

Lee Suckling: Should you change your name when you marry?

Is changing your name after marriage a bit antiquated? I definitely used to think so, writes Lee Suckling.

Bride-to-be's 15 years of 'no'

For the past 15 years, Glen Tily has got on bended knee and proposed marriage to the love of his life, Cathryn Herd.

Dear D&P: Why won't my boyfriend sleep with me?

Fashion designer Denise L’Estrange-Corbet and her daughter Pebbles answer your agonising questions.

Verity Johnson: Single on Valentine's Day

Adults do like to tell you how fun dating in your 20s is. But for me, dating in my 20s has been about as much fun as colonic irrigation, writes Verity Johnson.

30 signs of the comfort zone

Do you go au natural around your partner, chat to them while naked and do their laundry? You've officially hit the comfort zone.

Roses pick of the bunch on Valentine's Day

Red roses remain the most popular traditional Valentine's Day gift, say florists stocking up for weekend sales as suitors scramble to express their enduring love.

Rachael Wong: Say it with roses, not Fifty Shades

It's called rape culture, silly, writes Rachel Wong. You know, when it's considered cultured to rape and degrade women and then blame it all on them?

What makes a great love letter?

The author Simon Garfield poses exactly this question in To the Letter: A Journey Though a Vanishing World and supplies some excellent answers.

It's a 'blood-soaked conspiracy'

"The blood-soaked conspiracy of Valentine's Day, driven by the oppressive chocolate capitalists, has arrived once again," declared the group.

Greatest love letters of all time

A heartfelt birthday message from Johnny Cash to his beloved wife June has been voted the greatest love letter of all time.

What it actually means when someone flaunts their relationship on Facebook

People who Facebook-post frequently about their relationships actually have better relationships than people who don't assault their friends, research suggests.