Boys will perform just as you expect them to, it seems. If you tell them they aren't as intelligent as girls and are less likely to do well in tests, that is exactly what will happen.

Greg Meads enjoyed his final months of freedom in a plush beachfront home with another woman before being convicted of murder.

Isabella Blow, the fashion stylist with a penchant for loony hats and a talent for discovering the Next Big Thing, died on May 7, 2007, at the age of 48, having drunk a quantity of the weedkiller Paraquat.

A 'humble and hard-working' pig hunter from Papakura went to work and waited six hours on Monday before telling his wife he'd won $28.7m.

Kimberley White remembers her stepfather Greg Meads enforcing silent meals at the family dinner table as he watched television.

A court in the United Arab Emirates has ruled that a man can beat his wife and children as long as no marks are left.

I never realised how awful morning sickness can be. The last three months at our house has been a living, gagging, nauseous hell.

It seems hard to escape the conclusion that the UK government has opted, in effect, to end any fiscal advantage to staying at home with young kids.

It was once, twice, three times a baby girl for Dean and Mandy Barker.

All Black heart-throb Dan Carter hatched a plan to lure girlfriend Honor Dillon to Queenstown last weekend before asking her to marry him.

Women worldwide will be devastated - ABs heartthrob Dan Carter is off the market after proposing to girlfriend Honor Dillon.

Secondary school sex education lessons have certainly undergone a change over the years.

No area of medicine has advanced more rapidly, nor created more controversy, than the treatment of infertility.

Michael Laws' estranged partner has revealed how she used to punch him in the face and became an alcoholic during their relationship breakdown.

Scientists have shown what many dog owners have suspected - while some canines are joyfully optimistic about life, others have a tendency for gloomy pessimism.

NZers are having to dig deep into their pockets to attend mates' weddings, a new survey finds.

Helena McAlpine: So, I know that it's not the 'done' thing to brag, gloat and generally rub it in on Facebook. But to hell with it. Na naa na naaa na! I'm in Raro-fricken-tonga baby!

Dita De Boni realises her days as a mostly stay-at-home mum are drawing to a close.

Hal Herzog, one of America's foremost psychologists, is dedicated to understanding our often contradictory behaviour towards different species.

Far-right extremists hurled molotov cocktails at marchers in a Gay Pride parade in Europe.

The weather held off for TV3 weathergirl Toni Marsh, as she wed her long-time beau in a sun-drenched outdoor ceremony.

Not every marriage is a happy ever after. Roughly one third end in divorce — but they don’t necessarily have to end in tears. Shelley Bridgeman talked to experts and those who’ve been though it to find out how to survive the modern divorce.

Research shows 91 per cent of Kiwi children have "some kind of digital dossier or footprint" on the internet by the time they are two years old.