The American retailing company has announced it will stop separating toys and bedding into girls' and boys' sections.

Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy has called for Kiwis to stop demonising migrants and show leadership in race relations.

As a young nation undergoing a rapidly changing demography, NZ is learning to grapple with the rise of 'casual' or 'everyday' racism.

Facebook has announced that other companies can use its internal diversity training. But is this a case of "Do as I say and not as I do?"

Using randomly selected juries to make some council-level policy suggestions is arguably a good starting point for organically growing a system for Auckland, writes Nicholas Ross Smith and Zbigniew Dumienski.

It is a city that prides itself on its diverse ethnic communities, but Auckland is run by a club of white men living in the wealthy suburbs.

Dolce & Gabbana’s attack on "chemical children" has opened debate on the changing face of parenting.

English remains king throughout wider Auckland but the second most-spoken language depends on the neighbourhood.

Susan Doughty says although diversity is being embraced, we are yet to see concrete change at the top of our organisations.

As same-sex marriages have surged into the mainstream, so too has the gay-wedding industry in the US.

This week's Apple conference marked the first time female executives had been on-stage since 2010.

Employers may soon find that the key skill/capability they are recruiting for is Cultural Intelligence or CQ, and not just IQ and EQ, writes Mai Chen.

New Zealanders are accepting of diversity, sexuality and religion but not of mental illness.

The British university equality officer at the centre of a racism and sexism row could lose her job after she allegedly tweeted a hashtag 'kill all white men'.

The macho Kiwi rugby, racing and beer mentality is keeping gay sportspeople firmly in the cupboard.

Over the past decade, Sgt. Shane Ortega has served three combat tours: Two in Iraq, one in Afghanistan. Two as a Marine and one in the Army. Two as a woman and one as a man.

Assistant finance professor Noah Smith on discrimination in the US and how reducing it is beneficial to the economy.

Microsoft is looking to recruit yet another type of diverse employee: people with autism.

Aaron Andrew is managing director of environmental and planning consultancy Andrew.Stewart, which last year won the Work Life Balance award at the EEO Trust’s Diversity Awards NZ.

Jill Tattersall is chair and CEO of KIWA Digital, an Auckland-based production house for experiential digital books.

Murray Long Builders is a residential building company. Murray Long talks to Caitlin Sykes about diversity in the workplace.

It bucketed down on Sunday morning, just as they were setting up for the Auckland International Cultural Festival at the sprawling War Memorial Park in Mt Roskill.

Tiffany Zyp is operations manager at Blastacars Drift Karts, which was highly commended in the Divers-ability category of the EEO Trust’s 2014 Diversity Awards NZ.

Embracing diversity in the workplace isn't a 'nice to have' these days - it's a necessity.

Challenges faced by Muslim workers in New Zealand and the reluctance of employers to hire them are among the issues that will be up for discussion at a summit.

Heather du Plessis-Allan wonders: At what abstract point do we decide an immigrant has earned the right to call him or herself a New Zealander?

How do we use thinking big while starting small to the social and cultural mission of positive race relations?