A radio promotion offering the chance to win a 'hot' wife from Ukraine has offended New Zealand immigrants from the eastern European country.

A Facebook group aiming stop a controversial "win a wife" radio competition is asking companies to pull advertising from the station.

One of the biggest film festivals in the world started with a red carpet première of US blockbuster True Grit on Thursday in Berlin. Celebrities, star-crazed fans and journalists with silly questions, packed the German capital.

United States news organisation CNN International has released its top 10 places to propose to a loved one on Valentine's Day.

Fashionable New Zealanders give Viva insight into their perfect Valentine, plus tips for the big date.

Almost 50 New Zealand short films have this week been featured at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, as part of its international spotlight programme.

Geoff Cumming was lured to France on the promise of a cruise down the Rhone through sun-drenched countryside and beautiful vineyards.

It's getting easier for darker skinned women to find makeup that suits, but equal choice is still a work in progress.

The prosecutor seeking Assange's extradition on sexual assault allegations is a well-known radical feminist, the court was told.

London-based New Zealander Karen Cole is giving merino wool a designer edge and succeeding.

Mass haka, Maori culture-infused church services and helpings of roast lamb and kumara are among the ways expat Kiwis will be remembering home this Waitangi Day.

Chelsea are now blessed with another world-class stiker, but Didier Drogba may suffer, writes former England and Arsenal fullback Lee Dixon.

Michael J. Fox will receive the Golden Camera International Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in Germany on Saturday.