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Love is in the air for city's Chinese lantern festival
For Malaysian Estelle Goh and her Hong Kong boyfriend Tim Chan, this weekend will be when they celebrate Valentine's Day.

Most Kiwis happy in their love life
New Zealanders are happy in their love lives - but three-quarters of us say we're in relationships where the demand for sex is lopsided.

Happy childhood, happy life?
Dita De Boni wonders whether all the praise and positive encouragement children are given these days will make them into better adults.

Soccer star booted out of mansion
She has cast herself as the princess in the tower; he will receive the least sympathy in a public separation since Ike Turner... or Heather Mills.

Byron Bay: Hey baby, fancy a break?
Proud father-to-be Alan Perrott discovers the joys of pampering packages for expectant parents.

How Facebook can ruin your life
People will post just about anything on social networking sites. And the information could be used against them, even in court.

Complaint made over Ali Mau <i>Breakfast</i> outburst
Breakfast presenter Ali Mau's televised attack on a woman's magazine has drawn a formal complaint saying her outburst was inaccurate.

Office politics turn nasty
The Kiwi workplace is becoming more toxic, with office back-stabbing and bullying by bosses on the increase.

Longest-serving 'chained wife' breaks free after 48 years
Susan Zinkin divorced her husband in 1962 but was forbidden from looking for new love for almost 50 years.

The critical first nine months
The findings of a study released in Britain this week promise to send alarm bells ringing in the heads of parents everywhere, writes Dita De Boni.

Nicole Richie confirms engagement
Nicole Richie has confirmed she and her long term partner Joel Madden are getting married.

Lovebirds Madonna and Jesus rock in Rio
Queen of pop Madonna's tabloid-friendly romance with toyboy lover Jesus Luz is back on the boil.

Mum knows ... best?
There is a strange paradox going on with modern women. They buy advice and self-help books as if they are going out of fashion, and yet they bridle when anyone offers them any actual, real-world, on-the-spot advice.

Madonna turns marriage ref for TV
Madonna, who's been divorced twice, is to appear as a judge on a US reality TV show about warring couples.

Host suspended for explicit Mau jingle
A breakfast radio host was suspended after airing an explicit jingle about TVNZ star Alison Mau.

Celebrity split follows mistaken voicemail
Celebrity couple Adam Parore and Sally Ridge are living apart, the Herald on Sunday has learned.

Gordon Brown reveals feelings about daughter's death
The British Prime Minister fought back tears as he told interviewer Piers Morgan of the moment he realised his infant daughter would not survive.

Highway to the kiddy danger zone
Scott Kara orders a new book about dangerous things you should let your kids do but wonders whether the suggestions should be followed to the letter.

More marrying as recession fades - celebrants
Couples are rushing back to wedding chapels after putting off getting married during the recession.

NZ man's $2000 TV proposal
If you think it takes nerve to ask a girl to marry you, try doing it before a national television audience.