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Rescues, drownings and traumatic scenes – keeping swimmers safe not just a day at the beach for lifeguards

Who's looking out for the lifeguards?

Italy's 'other Venice' is a city of canals that are far more tranquil

Hidden gems await in Italy, just 30 minutes away from Venice.

‘The idea of having sex daily is so boring to me’: Kiwi couples get candid about their love lives

Think everyone else is getting more sex than you? Read on.

Charles and Camilla’s first year: From state visits to Harry trouble

Times: How the new king and queen have got on in the first 12 months.

'This new heart is the best Christmas present ever' - 6-year-old gets heart transplant

Chase Porter nearly died multiple times waiting for a heart transplant.

You’ve Got Mail was the last great New York rom-com

New York Times: A look back at what it tells us about love, books, money and the internet.

Seven things we learned analysing 515 million Wordles

New York Times: Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to Adieu?

'I apologise if I gave the impression we were sleeping in separate beds': My date with ChatGPT

ChatGPT is rapidly changing every part of our lives, but can that include romance?

Art is life: Kimbra on why her 2023 album A Reckoning was 'cognitive therapy’

Our alt-pop star tells Karl Puschmann how searching for life's meaning changed her forever

'They're not bad people': Dad helps rehabilitate dangerous drivers after son's death

Programme putting dangerous drivers back on The Right Track is making a huge difference.

‘It never leaves you’: All Blacks great opens up on 50 years of regret over mystery

Rugby great looks back on banishment that meant prop never played for ABs again.

'You stupid moron': Engineer punches pilot in head in cockpit; that was only the start of the saga

It took the victim complaining to the CAA before attacker ended up in court.

How NZ's $1.3b climate change fund is being spent on the Pacific

So far New Zealand is spending at under half the rate needed to meet its commitment.

Revealed: Govt's multi-million dollar bill on empty building

More than $2m was dished out in just four months.

Vanished in the bush: The mysterious disappearance of Glen Ufton

It was supposed to be a day walk in a forest off the state highway. He never returned.

The 56 people out of 1.5 million granted special burials outside cemeteries in NZ

Only 0.004 per cent of people who died in the last six decades had special burials.

Dawn French on jealousy over Jennifer Saunders, her father’s suicide and losing her virginity

Dawn French, Cyndi Lauper and Jane Goodall write letters to their younger selves.

Shark sighting closes holiday hotspot

The 1.5 metre bronze whaler was spotted swimming near the flags.