It was the year of tweeting yourself into hot water, as celebrities, politicians and the suddenly infamous found themselves in social media disgrace.

Facebook denies any breastfeeding photos were removed from a New Zealand-based mothers' group page.

A Facebook page which alerts members to police checkpoints is encouraging drunk drivers to take their chances with all of our lives, police say.

Justine Sacco, a PR executive who found herself at the centre of a Twitter firestorm after posting a racist “joke”, now says 'words cannot express' how sorry she is for her tweet.

A PR executive for a major media company tweeted a racist 'joke' that sparked a social media revolt.

David Cunliffe says he has been given a written warning about a tweet he posted on the day of the Christchurch East byelection urging people to vote for Poto Williams.

A Taiwanese tourist was so engrossed with checking her Facebook feed that she accidentally walked off the end of a pier - but didn't lose her phone.

The pretzel-bunned burger heralded by Time magazine as the "most important" of the year may be on its way to New Zealand.

A lovestruck Wellington man who launched a campaign to track down a mystery American woman admits he was "a little naive".

An overwhelming public response has helped a Wellington man track down a mystery American woman he met in Hong Kong last New Year's Eve.

A lovestruck man using social media to track down a mystery American woman he met in Hong Kong says he is overwhelmed by the public response.

"Find me," she said, before slipping away into the dawn of New Year's Day. A Kiwi is hoping Xmas magic and social media will reunite him with his mystery 'Katie'.

Tumblr is where the Internet's cool kids hang out. That's why Yahoo paid $1.1 billion to buy the blogging site in one of this year's most buzzed-about deals.

Eleven high school pupils who posted photos of themselves online smashing bottles and urinating in the yard of a Queenstown holiday home retreat could face serious charges.

The local innovator behind Realstew wants his communications platform to make WINZ redundant.

All Hopey wanted to do was show off his battle scar. He probably never imagined that by posting the photo online, he'd create what we know today as the selfie.

Bauer Media is planning to ease Metro magazine away from current affairs when it gets the Listener in its stable.

I didn't do it for charity. I didn't do it just for novelty. I really did it to irritate the girl I was seeing at the time.

Giovanni Tiso admits surprise at the outcome of his actions. He is the man who saw to it that Willie Jackson and John Tamihere were suspended from their radio show.

To mark 150 years, we're giving you a glimpse into our newsroom, with a live blog documenting a day at the Herald.

Justice Minister Judith Collins says sexual abuse has nothing to do with the way a woman dresses, and has slammed radio hosts for making this connection.

We are developing a world of halfwits, writes Bob Jones. Much worse than cellphones is computer addiction, which is turning many into zombies, living a lonely existence of marriage to a cyberspace world.

Sexual violence is an abhorrent crime. Offenders who sexually attack women, and men, should face the full consequences of their actions, writes Judith Collins.

The high school several Roast Busters members attended is checking its website.

John Key and Anne Tolley should stop looking for a speck in Peter Marshall's eye and take the inebriated log out of their own, writes Anglican vicar Michael Hewat.

Police have upped the ante on the Roast Busters investigation, appointing a woman detective with significant experience in child sexual abuse cases.

Police and ministerial heads must roll over the Roast Busters horror.

Young women are striking back against the Roast Busters Facebook gang in a bid to support alleged victims and stand up to what they say is a lack of action against rape culture.