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.

Outspoken Anglican vicar Michael Hewat walked out of the church yesterday over its recognition of same-sex relationships.

Weddings can be expensive. Here's the top ten most expensive weddings of all time.

I know you get a lot of letters about break ups. My girlfriend and I were together for seven years. We have made big joint decisions about careers, just had a world trip and I was arranging a beautiful ring for her.

At a dinner party, I found myself seated next to a recently engaged socialite, with a diamond the size of Gibraltar on her ring finger.

I sprained my wrist two days before Mother’s Day. In the middle of a show-jumping lesson, I lost my balance over a jump and my right hand came down heavily on my horse’s neck as we landed.

What is it that makes rockstars so attractive to the opposite sex? Turns out Charles Darwin had it pegged years ago - and it has a lot to do with peacocks.

Belinda and Campbell Stewart spent their first married moments alone on a mountain peak for perhaps the most dramatic wedding photos ever.

The course of true love never did run smooth, but a New Zealand Government official did his best to help a celebrity couple walk down the aisle when their dream wedding seemed in peril.

The closest to sex advice I've ever had is "don't trust the French". Thanks Dad.

Kim Dotcom's estranged wife Mona celebrated her birthday dog-sledding with the Megaupload founder and their children yesterday.

They are arguably the UK's most high-profile showbiz couple - and they've managed to withstand the pressures of the paparazzi and family life to celebrate 15 years of marriage.

Children in same-sex families scored better on a number of key measures of physical health and social well-being than kids from the general population.

I get lots of lovely emails from readers when these columns or my weekly blog resonate with an issue they are facing in their life.

The temperatures are falling and our thoughts are turning to all things warm — winter getaways, crackling fires, mulled wine . . . and talent. Welcome to Spy’s annual Winter Hot List.

Any old rented tux won’t do anymore. Guys do give a damn about what they get hitched in. A lot, says well-dressed husband Alan Perrott.

Because of the nature of depression, it is likely to target the very resources in your relationship which can normally get you both through the difficult times.

At first blush, the increased visibility of sexual minorities in popular culture would appear to reflect a growing openness and acceptance of non-heterosexual forms of sexuality.

A woman was pleasantly shocked when the family pet recently vomited up her wedding ring six years after it first went missing.

Susie Markham is the woman who's given Lou Vincent 'so much strength' to tackle his match-fixing secret.

Sleeping naked and keeping food out of the bedroom are two of the secrets to a happy relationship, according to a survey.

Glamour couple Kylie Bax and Spiros Poros have separated after nine years of marriage.

When the Stockton Police Department in the United States posted mugshots of four men they'd arrested after a spate of shootings and robberies, one of the crims found instant fame.

Kiwi actor and Hollywood star Karl Urban has announced that he and wife Natalie Wihongi will separate.

We have all been caught up in flaming rows with our nearest and dearest - or else our colleagues or bosses, tradesmen or the neighbours with whom we share our physical space.