Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates says progress is being made on developing a "next-generation" ultra-thin, skin-like condom that could offer better sexual pleasure, help population control and be financed by first-world investors.

The Edge radio station’s sponsorship of a same-sex marriage between two straight best friends is my exception.

Dating app Tinder has become so popular in New Zealand, the Los Angeles-based office says 8 per cent of the population is looking for love on it.

Heterosexual Dunedin men Travis McIntosh and Matt McCormick were married by a celebrant before about 80 friends and family at Eden Park this morning.

How much does it matter if one of you harks from a liberal left position, and the other from the far right?

The painful sex lives of people suffering from bad backs are being worsened by medical advice that spooning is the best position for them, according to a new study.

The story of an elderly gay couple who tied the knot after 72 years together warmed hearts the world over. Simon Usborne looks at long waits before marriage.

Kiwi women are having Botox injections in their fingers and hands to look better in close-up wedding photographs.

An Auckland waiter’s plea for the object of his affection to get in touch has gone viral.

Young people without educational qualifications are increasingly being left on the shelf by potential partners, New Zealand researchers say.

Reader asks: "I have developed a real crush on my boyfriend’s best friend. My boyfriend, who I love, would be devastated if he knew how I felt."

The countdown has begun for the much-awaited wedding of George Clooney and his high-flying fiancee, Amal Alamuddin.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have managed to keep two wedding ceremonies secret, it was revealed yesterday.

'I still love my husband and I know he loves me - but we seem to irritate each other and it’s making me feel very dissatisfied. What should I do?'

Michael Laws has been asked to take a paternity test to determine whether the son of his ex-girlfriend is his child.

One young couple in Israel got more than they bargained for on their wedding day this week when their celebration became a platform for protest against intermarriage of Israel's Jewish and Arab populations.

We're in the changing rooms of a West Hollywood gym when I see the book poking out of my friend Kirsten's bag: All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.

We can all relate when someone tells us they just can't make their mind up.

You might have noticed recently that a plague of "selfies" with tigers appears to have overtaken mobile dating app Tinder (where users "swipe right" to indicate interest; left to reject).

Of course you will still have low times, because that is the nature of the grief process. We can be feeling pretty good then suddenly hear a song, or see someone who resembles our ex-partner, and in a flash we go back to a dark place again.

If survey data are to be trusted, there's a surprisingly weak relationship between money and happiness. As national incomes rise, happiness does not increase.

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. And it seems that even after a woman has charmed her husband, she just can’t resist feeding him up.

Spy finds out what Shortland Street stars are up to in Fiji, and discovers that the boom party times have arrived.

Seeking advice about this is a good idea. Even though the blended or 'rearranged' family is a very common scenario throughout the western world, the fact that it is commonplace doesn't mean that it is a simple matter.

If he knows what's good for him, the modern gentleman will prefer brains, not blondes, according to a study of marriage.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown has a simple message for surviving servicemen who believe they fathered babies away from home: If you can, make contact.