Picton's star-crossed lovers, Kiwi William Scott Chalmers and Scottish backpacker Sarah Milne broke their silence today after their big date involving "cheap beers".

Just when we thought romance was dead, a young woman’s public appeal for love in Picton has given hope to singles everywhere.

Tinder Plus, the dating app's premium service, is launching today and will charge its older members far more than its younger ones.

Love hurts: injuries sustained during sex have hit a six year high, ACC figures reveal.

Not being heard can be one of life's most grievous experiences. Just how grievous it feels of course depends on different personalities and situations.

A simple questionnaire, which claims it can make two strangers fall in love, has taken the world by storm, writes Claire Cohen. Here’s your chance to give it a try.

Sexually transmitted infections should be reclassified to enable better tracking and treatment as social media influences sexual behaviour and more drug-resistant strains emerge, a health authority....

Is changing your name after marriage a bit antiquated? I definitely used to think so, writes Lee Suckling.

An Australian sexologist will pitch her explicit sex education course - which features topics such as pornography, consent, rape and teen pregnancy - to Kiwi educators.

A couple's selfie has turned in to a surprise wedding proposal, capturing the adorable shock of the bride-to-be.

Twenty years ago, a few desperate singletons signed up for a new dating experience. Today, a staggering one in five relationships and one in six marriages begins on the internet.

People talk about dating, mating and relating, all while never using those terms. Here's lingo to decode today's dating practices.

More than three-quarters of the people who had deceived a partner about money said it damaged the relationship.

Life and Style columnist Lee Suckling tackles your modern etiquette and ethical predicaments, one reader-submitted query at a time.

They've survived two health crises - including breast cancer - and now Anne and Al Gourley are battling the pain barrier on Our First Home.

Fashion designer Denise L’Estrange-Corbet and her daughter Pebbles answer your agonising questions.

Adults do like to tell you how fun dating in your 20s is. But for me, dating in my 20s has been about as much fun as colonic irrigation, writes Verity Johnson.

It's called rape culture, silly, writes Rachel Wong. You know, when it's considered cultured to rape and degrade women and then blame it all on them?

The author Simon Garfield poses exactly this question in To the Letter: A Journey Though a Vanishing World and supplies some excellent answers.

"The blood-soaked conspiracy of Valentine's Day, driven by the oppressive chocolate capitalists, has arrived once again," declared the group.

A heartfelt birthday message from Johnny Cash to his beloved wife June has been voted the greatest love letter of all time.

People who Facebook-post frequently about their relationships actually have better relationships than people who don't assault their friends, research suggests.

Is love just a troublesome artifice we've created for ourselves, or a fundamental part of human existence, to be cherished even when it hurts us?

Staff at a chain of DIY hardware stores in London have been told to read Fifty Shades of Grey and prepare for a massive rise in demand for rope, cable ties and tape.

Serial killer Charles Manson's supposed budding romance with a woman 53 years his junior is off after it emerged she just wanted his corpse for display.

The film release of Fifty Shades coincides with Valentine's Day on Saturday, so online Kiwi bondage and discipline store Khandikane is stocking up on whips and blindfolds again.

Should we be an open book all the time to our nearest and dearest? Does the definition of nearest mean there should be no secrets between you?

"It's not teenage sex, but it's very satisfying. We love to experiment. We love to dance. There is a lot of cuddling and snuggling."