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Growing the family
Despite the endless dirty nappies, the prospect of having more than one kid is appealing to Scott Kara.
In the blink of an eye
A moment's inattention leads to an injury in Dita De Boni's household.
Hide's flight of fancy
Despite their 21-year age gap, Louise Crome and Rodney Hide are the very model of a modern couple.
First Lady offers advice on men
Michelle Obama urges women not to choose men simply because they are "cute".
Grandmas: Good for girls, bad for boys
Study shows only granddaughters are likely to benefit from having their paternal grandmothers involved in their early lives.
Secrets to a happy marriage
The secret to a happy and long lasting marriage is for men to choose a wife who is younger - and smarter - than them.
<i>Noelle McCarthy:</i> Ho hum, just another bigoted gay-basher
Dear Noelle, I hope you can help me. I'm an English woman, a fellow column writer actually. Last week I wrote a piece about that young guy from Boyzone who died suddenly on Majorca.
Kidman addresses Congress on violence
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman gives an emotional speech to US Congress about violence against women.
Co-sleeping: The endless debate
Dita De Boni looks at the conflicting advice around sleeping in the same bed as your baby.
Fathers still struggling to find work-life balance
Society has frequently failed fathers by either forcing them to give up work and become house husbands or demanding that they spend long hours in the office bringing home the bacon.
Seduced by the memory of Mata Hari
When police barged into a luxurious Paris hotel in 1917 the beautiful female occupant appeared - reportedly naked - and distributed chocolates.
Breaking up is hard to view
When a couple breaks up, they can split the assets and decide who gets the rugby season tickets. But who gets the friends?
Being there when baby's born
Scott Kara fights for dads' rights to be present in the delivery suite.
Dads told to stay away from delivery room
A leading obstetrician says a father's presence at childbirth can make labour longer, more painful and more complicated.
Breaking up is hard to view
When a couple goes nuclear and break up, friends can be caught in the fallout with the resulting social contamination lasting for years.
Flight of fancy takes off
Love was in the air when a planeload of American singles landed in Auckland this week.
Addicted to abortion?
Dita De Boni on the sad story of American woman Irene Vilar, who has had 15 abortions.
Jordan: 'Peter Andre threatened to break my Alex's legs'
Glamour model Katie Price has launched a scathing attack on her ex Peter Andre on Twitter.
Easing the pain of grief
Scott Kara finds kids can help lighten the mood of otherwise sombre affairs.
'Abortion addict' releases tell-all book
An American woman confesses to being an "abortion addict" after terminating 15 pregnancies in 17 years.
It's a girl for Heidi Klum and Seal
Supermodel Heidi Klum and her musician husband, Seal, have welcomed a baby girl to their brood, is has been announced.
Sex education should touch on emotions, survey suggests
Most NZers would have liked to learn more about the emotional side of sex during their sex education, a new survey suggests.
The young divorcees
Kiwis in their 20s now have the highest divorce rate of any age group. What's going wrong?
Every parent's worst nightmare
The story of Aisling Symes and the discovery of a body is every parent's worst nightmare, writes Dita De Boni.