Free-thinking and gifted intellectuals, or a bunch of dissolute subversives "who lived in squares but loved in triangles"?

Hurricane Mia struck two mornings in a row this week. It wasn't as severe as the storm up in the islands, but from a domestic point of view the house was turned upside down.

Former US Senator John Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter, has broken her silence.

A community bands together to make the most of nature's bounty and is rewarded with much more than just a jar of jam, writes Rosie Walford.

Speculation has been rife for months: Is TV3 reporter Kate Lynch defecting to rival TVNZ?

When a chorus of critics rounded on Jerry Seinfeld's latest endeavour, he might have expected his friend and Seinfeld collaborator to rush to his defence.

According to a global survey on market research website onepoll.com, New Zealand women are the most sexually experienced in the world.

Aussie cricketer Michael Clarke is in little danger of losing his assets to Lara Bingle, experts say.

French media are noticeably quiet on rumours about President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni.

There are some things in life you will never forget. Five well-known New Zealanders talk about their special experiences.

Whenever the wealthy separate, things can get very messy indeed, writes Nick Duerden.

I was reading The Woman's Day the other day (sorry Alison Mau!) and came across Greer Robson's column.

The devastated parents of a young woman who died suddenly during a touch rugby game tell of desperate attempts to revive her in front of her family and fiance.

Keep an eye on your kids when you're out in public... and never underestimate how quickly they can move, writes Scott Kara.

The Independent's John Walsh speaks with the author of In Praise of Older Women as his erotic coming-of-age novel joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.

Model Lara Bingle says she will take legal action against a former lover, alleging he distributed a photo of her taken in a bath while the couple shared a brief affair in 2006.

Dita De Boni attempts to challenge her son and finds the struggle is all hers.

You wouldn't expect a parenting guide to include explicit graphic descriptions of a hardcore porn slide show, exhibited by Scandinavian psychiatrists at a Wisconsin conference on treating sex offenders.

Temper tantrums, answering back, deliberately annoying ... it could be that your child's not just naughty, but has oppositional defiant disorder.