A former Air New Zealand flight attendant who was forced to hand over her bank records and Facebook page for an employment investigation has won her case.

The country's most influential and prolific tweeters have been revealed in a survey by Twitter New Zealand.

If you're low on cash and feeling peckish would you eat a stranger's leftover food, at the same time reducing waste?

Labour's leadership candidates have already had to start reining in over-enthusiastic supporters in a bid to stop the contest becoming dirty.

A teenager who died at his school hostel after a severe asthma attack had celebrated his 17th birthday a week earlier.

Many are being subjected to horrendous abuse, threats and bullying while using the social networking site Ask.fm.

An Italian astronaut aboard the International Space Station has captured glimpses of New Zealand in images posted on social media this week.

He's the newest member of the Shortland Street family, but 16-year-old actor Robbie Evison is learning the hard way about the downside of fame.

It used to be dodgy pamphlets and misleading how-to-vote cards.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and American colleague Thomas Marshburn who are avid users of Twitter aboard the International Space Station have taken several stunning photos of New Zealand as they orbit 370km above the Earth.

Jamie Curry's videos about anything and everything have attracted millions of fans from around the world.

Much has been written about the risks social media presents to youthful careers but it is not just young people posting awkward selfies who can get tripped up by what they post online.

A message on social media shatters an Aucklander's belief that his older brother died 33 years ago

The British are known for their hugely popular tabloid newspapers and a love of all things royal.

Dan Carter and Jerome Kaino are celebrity clients, and Ali Williams is an investor.

More than half of the world's business executives think their company is underdeveloped in the art of social business, according to a recent study.

If political parties have codes of conduct for social media, they are apparently flexible depending on how senior the MP is, writes Claire Trevett.

There are no flash cars parked outside Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, only smart cars.

Facebook has asked the Government for an exemption from a new spying law that could see its two million Kiwi users' messages subject to GCSB interception.

Twitter. Even the name is ridiculous. If I told you I "booped" or "qwanged" or "quiffed" 50 times a day, it would make me strange, an escaper from Dr Seuss' day surgery.