Gwen Stefani has reportedly offered Gavin Rossdale a payout to avoid splitting her $120 million fortune.

Sam got a hint that his wife was pregnant with their third child and had the wacky idea of wanting to break the news to her.

Living in a rearranged family is a way of life for one in three families in NZ - and it doesn't have to spell the worst for these kids.

The tears, the anger, the tub of ice cream - it's the classic picture of a woman going through a break-up.

As Jerry Hall admits hers was a disaster, Helen Croydon says no one wins with a 'tit for tat' fling.

If you're looking to spice up your sex life, these days you are rather spoiled for choice. But it seems the avalanche of information available is turning out to be a turn off.

A new book says single women are tackling the problem of a lack of men in different ways, with mixed results.

Gwyneth Paltrow says it wasn't her idea to use the term "Conscious Uncoupling" in her marriage split announcement and has blamed the editor of her website.

There are a few comments to avoid when talking to your kid-free friends. Rhonwyn Newson reveals the gems she hated to hear.

Prince Harry has enjoyed lengthy relationships with blonde-haired Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas, but has he now acquired a taste for exotic brunettes?

There is a problem among young people, and probably everyone else, over what constitutes consent, writes Verity Johnson.

Sheril Kirshenbaum, the author of The Science of Kissing, takes us on a romantic trip through history and around the world.

Director Woody Allen rarely speaks about his relationship with his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, but he did this week, telling NPR that "she responded to someone paternal".

Jonathan Wells tackles the last dating taboo.

The Baby Boomer generation is renowned for challenging norms around sex and age and this has continued in recent decades.

You can't just put your marriage on auto-plot for two decades and expect to pick up where you left off.

Laura Husson lives in the Isle of Wight, husband Chris lives in New Zealand. They've been married for two years and now Laura is pregnant.

In letters so big that it attracted a big audience of passing admirers, Nathan guided Esther to the sand art, dropped onto one knee and waited for her answer.

They were the power couple of tennis - but it seems Maria Sharapova's love match with Grigor Dimitrov is now over.

It seems George Clooney and his British wife Amal can't get enough of Italy.

Some ladies-in-the-know have dished out their advice on the best way to ask out your #WomanCrush and how to turn that date into a girlfriend.

At a time when more people marry later on in life or stay unmarried, matchmakers, traditionally called nakodo in Japan, have been gaining public attention again lately as the nation's population continues to decline.

As thousands of men are threatened with exposure as users of an extramarital website, Helen Croydon goes undercover to meet them.

There are two types of people in the dating world: those who are coupled and third wheels.

"What those hackers are doing is brilliant. Let the cheaters sweat. They only have themselves to blame if the whole world finds out their dirty little secret."

Fast food giant foots the bill for what is a strong contender for wedding of the year.

The ringing of the fire alarm was followed by a ring of another kind at a Whangarei primary school yesterday, as a firefighter proposed to his teacher sweetheart.

The hackers accessed "customers' secret sexual fantasies," "nude pictures and conversations," "credit card transactions" with real names. They promise to leak it all soon.

Olivia Fane filled in as a secretary for her vascular surgeon husband. She says there's no quicker way to wreck your love life and self-confidence.

We look at some celebrity couples old and new who gave themselves the best possible chance of living in eternal matrimony – at least according to new research.