I had intended to avoid the subject of Lance Armstrong in this column, writes Dana Johannsen. But, like most of us, I've been sucked into the hype generated by the Oprah machine.

The day was a celebration, but tears were welling up in the eyes of Sir Paul Holmes' family.

Michael Thomson says he has received a lot of advice as he leaves secondary school to study for a university degree in social sciences.

Former England captain Tony Greig, who died last week, wasn't just a renowned cricket commentator. He brought the panama hat back into wide view and reinvented the humble car key as a tool to measure pitch conditions.

The belated inclusion of a knighthood for Paul Holmes makes this year's Honours List something very much out of the ordinary.

A survey has found that Generation Y women in New Zealand are less satisfied at work than their male counterparts.

A campaign has been launched to demand equal pay for women after finding that, on average, men are paid at least 10 per cent more than women. Have your say here.

MEETING the technology demands of the super-rich and fabulously wealthy is all in a day's work for North Shore firm Liquid Automation.

NZX-listed companies lag behind their counterparts on the ASX when it comes to women's representation on boards.