On Race Relations Day, commissioner Dame Susan Devoy talks to Phil Taylor about the challenges of the job and the crossroads we have reached .

Part of John Key's success is he is seen as a Clarksonian figure - someone who speaks our language, the voice of bluff, non-PC common sense, writes Paul Thomas.

Celebrations for Chinese New Year are a good time for Kiwis to think about the respect we owe different cultures when it comes to greeting each other in languages other than our favourite Kiwi slang.

Thousands of people lined Ponsonby Road tonight for the third and largest Auckland Pride Parade.

A vibrant 'GAYTM' on Ponsonby Road has been struck by vandals overnight, with the ANZ machine covered in white paint.

How to bring a legend to life? That was the challenge for film-maker Ava DuVernay when she was given the opportunity to direct - what is remarkably - the first major motion picture about Martin Luther King.

Employers are changing the way they run Xmas parties to cater for more diverse workplaces, including an increase in Muslims who don't eat ham or drink alcohol.

Certainly New Zealand offers a lot less than Australia in many ways, but at least we can still have the conversation about inequality, writes Dita De Boni.

Fewer women than men choose to go into tech-intensive fields and if they do, are significantly more likely to leave the tech industry.

Wayne Besant (CEO, AIA NZ), this week, presented to the New Zealand Diversity Forum about business and the case for diversity.

When Cecil Lochan settled in Mt Roskill in the mid-1970s, the Fijian-Indian was the first non-European in the street. His neighbour wasn't happy.

Only one female executive made it to the top-earner list of Japan's Nikkei 225 companies last year.

The idea that people can be classified into types has a long history. Writing 23 centuries ago, the Greek philosopher Theophrastus sketched 30 characters that are instantly recognisable to this day.

The world's most valuable firm is the latest to report diversity numbers amid a debate about whether women and minorities are underrepresented at tech firms.

In a land where Smith, Jones and Wilson once ruled the nursery, Wang, Li and Chen are now the most common surnames for babies born in our most diverse city.

EBay says women make up 42pc of its staff - a more diverse workforce than many other Silicon Valley technology companies.

NZ's thriving economy has created a "unique chance" for NZ businesses to capture key international talent, says a recruitment expert.

The European Court of Human Rights has upheld France's ban on wearing a burqa or a niqab in public.

Women are becoming increasingly prominent in tech company white hat roles, reflecting the rising profiles of women throughout the security-technology industry.

Economist Lee Badgett says equal treatment for gays and lesbians can benefit economies from Virginia to India.

Political parties will be invited to begin their pitch for the Indian vote today at a forum in Ellerslie.

Company director Sam Kamani grew up on a diet of mainly Indian roti and vegetable curry, but that's changed to bacon, eggs and steak since he moved to NZ.

A study shows that women and girls are half as likely to be encouraged to go into computer science fields as men and boys are.

Yahoo says less than 40pc of its workforce is female and that many of the women are in non-leadership roles, amid a Silicon Valley debate over diversity.

Amid bad news from Iraq, we must remember most of Islam's faithful are ordinary people living ordinary lives.

An Auckland restaurant serving duck eggs with developing embryo has been cleared by the SPCA for possible cruelty against unhatched ducklings.

The 2013 Census contains a huge amount of fascinating information that highlights the difficulties facing businesses, particularly in the Auckland area, writes Brian Gaynor.

In the final of our four part series, we look at how NZ's high rate of intermarriage is literally closing ethnic gaps - which casts doubt on distinct catagories of 'Maori families'.