The internet has made the world smaller, but sometimes it seems like our neighbours have never been further far away.

It took just 10 hours and 72 shares on Facebook for a UK tourist to track down the owner of a memory card found in a battered camera near Lake Pukaki in the South Island.

A couple of years ago, Kaikohe businessman Tony Taylor decided he had had enough of crime in his town, so he set up a community Facebook page.

A teacher who sent a 16-year-old student suggestive messages on social media, despite the student's attempts to stop him, has been deregistered.

Cyclists across social media have expressed their outrage after a motorcyclist uploaded a video that appears to show him running an unwitting bicycle user off the road.

Toby Manhire uncovers a series of newly uncovered political emails: "Gerry: Any more intel on Cunliffe? Does he own a racehorse - ideally in a trust or New York? Has he ever played cricket? Are there any photos of him winking?"

The MP whose tweet caused the Speaker to refer the issue of Twitter to the Privileges Committee does not resile from his description of the Speaker as a "Mafia don".

It is not just what you choose to say or not say online that counts, it is what can be deduced from micro-units of information when it is all mooshed up together.

Prime Minister John Key displayed a staggering lack of curiosity about the death of a citizen abroad, writes Toby Manhire.

In the midst of my bad week - writes Deborah Hill Cone - I couldn't help noticing Teuila Blakely was having an even cruddier week - and thinking, why?

As the Nothing Trivial cast prepare to film a one-off special to tie up loose ends left after the show was controversially axed, Joanna Mathers reports on the role social media played in forcing producers' hands.

Stars were better able to hide their bad behaviour in the pre-social media age, writes Andrew Alderson.

Complaints against a church ad inviting people to learn about overcoming "issues with same-sex attractions" have been dismissed.

Judith Collins tweeted too close to the sun, writes Toby Manhire, as he 'humbly' offers 10 bits of advice for MPs on Twitter.

New Zealanders view social media providers as the least trustworthy organisations for keeping personal details private.

The New York Police Department discovered the perils of trying to engage with Twitter to boost its own image after a hashtag campaign went badly awry.

The Chinese government has shut down thousands of websites and social media sites in a bid to purge the internet of online pornography, it was revealed today.

Just over a week ago, the Governor-General's Facebook page was just another fairly ordinary page in the social media world. But no longer - thanks to the royals.

A Kiwi who uses a silver fern symbol on his Twitter account has been warned about copyright infringement by a government agency.

The Independent's Ian Burrell gets the low down on how phenomenally successful site Buzzfeed is seeking to refresh itself.

The world's most famous murder suspect, Oscar Pistorius, returns to the witness box tonight to face further gruelling cross-examination.

A seminar at a Northland church tomorrow offering to help people overcome their "same-sex attraction issues" has sparked a furore on social media.

Mary McCoy from Continuum sings a humor-laced theme song for this year's Social Media Marketing World called "Let's Get Social". Courtesy of YouTube/Phil Mershon

Spending too long on Twitter makes you more likely to break up with your partner, a study claims.