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OPINION: New Zealanders are hating each other more and more in Parliament.

Enjoying the weather? Did you see the game? Small-talk and simple face-to-face interactions have a bigger effect on our wellbeing than you might think. So, do you fancy a cuppa?

OK, are you rolling your eyes? Yet another study claiming to show us the way to happiness, right? This one made me sit up and take notice, though.

Friends sitting around a table, talking and laughing. A touch on the arm, as one of them leans over to make a confiding comment. A round of hugs before walking

Learning how to be happy in a relationship isnt something we expect to have to do. But if you do, here we have three experts offer their best tips

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Waldinger, one of the authors of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness.

Social wealth is being able to choose who you spend time with.

What makes a happy person, a happy culture or a happy country? We spoke to one of the leading experts on how to live a happy life to discover what are the secrets to living the good life.

Happy people are also equally prone to feelings of anger, frustration, loneliness, and even sadness from time to time, just as unhappy ones may also feel pleasure, contentment and joy at times. But faced with negative emotions, happy people are much better equipped to deal with them through their positive outlook. Data shows that happy people are generally more successful in multiple life domains like marriage, friendship, income, job, and health; they have more friends and create better support...

If you're feeling down and searching for happiness, we've curated a list of psychologically-proven things that tend to make people happy.