After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor.

The Auckland Harbour Bridge should fly the flags of all countries represented in Auckland on their national celebration days, says North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams.

Paul Henry should undergo counselling to ensure there is no repeat of comments like the slur that led to his suspension from TVNZ, a representative of the Fijian-Indian community says.

Paul Henry's racist slurs were vile, but weeding out Henry may not be enough to clean up the rot at TVNZ.

Paul Henry hurled an expletive-laden outburst at journalists as TVNZ faced calls to sack him over his racist on-air comments.

Paul Henry has been suspended effective immediately by TVNZ without pay until October 18.

Auckland is a multicultural city and its Heritage Festival should reflect that multicultural heritage. Events are a bit too Pakeha-based, but the walks make for pleasant discovery - and it's free.

Continuing discrimination against Asians needs to be addressed and the high rate of Maori imprisonment is bleak, Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres says.

Maori Party MP Hone Harawira says there is nothing wrong with his not feeling comfortable with the idea of his children dating Pakeha.

They have something in common, Chris Carter and the Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club - they both keep digging when they're deep in the hole.

Rugby players and officials do talk about the 'race' topic - just not in public.

In defensive mode over National's Maori policy agenda, John Key says separatism has no place in New Zealand.

Desperate job-seeking Asians are taking on Anglicised first names and ditching their traditional surnames in an effort to find work in NZ.

Air NZ apologises for a crew manual which suggested flight attendants watch Tongans who wanted to "drink the bar dry".