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What the cluck? Bar bans hen party
A group of hen-party guests is accusing a student bar of ageism, saying half their party was turned away for being "too old".
Cossie clubs won't criticise Manurewa's turban ban
Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club is keeping a ban on turbans.
Disabled man barred from bus ride yet again
Brett Edge was thrown off an Auckland bus a day after the company apologised for 15 previous similar incidents.
Nationwide protests against surveillance bill
Opponents of the Search and Surveillance bill say it overturns important aspects of civil liberties.
Sikh daggers testing schools
The Human Rights Commission has been asked to clarify whether a Sikh student should be allowed to wear a ceremonial dagger to school.
Turban dispute goes to mediators
A Sikh community leader refused entry into a cosmopolitan club because of his turban will take his fight to the Human Rights Commission.
Homosexuals being used as 'scapegoats' by flawed governments
Homophobia is on rise in Uganda as the government seeks an Anti-Homosexuality Bill and the minister for ethics and integrity insists that it will be every citizen's duty under new laws to denounce anyone they suspect of being gay.
Cossy club: All races welcome, but no hats
A cosmopolitan club that refused entry to a turbaned Sikh concedes the club's name stands for inclusion of all races, but says it has a strict no hat rule.
Club in fresh storm over turban ban
National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi is threatening to take a south Auckland club to the Human Rights Commission over its headwear ban.
Fathers still struggling to find work-life balance
Society has frequently failed fathers by either forcing them to give up work and become house husbands or demanding that they spend long hours in the office bringing home the bacon.
Muslim woman furious at courtroom ban
A Hawkes Bay judge has been criticised for telling a woman wearing a headscarf to leave his courtroom.