How do Kiwis really feel about Asian people? Results from a sprawling study show warmth toward Asians has been growing.

The Ku Klux Klan is flourishing and exploiting racial tension in the US, according to a behind-the-scenes documentary.

Sixteen months after a Government decision to end most of its contracts, the Problem Gambling Foundation has won a year’s further reprieve.

A long-term contract to inspect all state houses for potential risks to health and safety was axed the year before two Auckland tenants died last winter.

NZ has one of the world's lowest organ donation rates, sparking concerns more needs to be done to save lives.

Imagine if you could invest $14.1 million up front and get a return over the next 50 years of $3.3 billion. Would you do it?

I want to know what is going on in people's heads as they shuffle towards me, on the footpath, engrossed in the device they hold in their hand.

A campaign grows in support of two Moroccan woman accused of "gross indecency" for wearing dresses considered provocative.

Cathy Casey of the Eden Park Community Liaison Group looks at the importation of alcohol sachets which can be hidden and taken into concerts and sports events.

Eight Kiwi companies - including six fashion brands - have joined a New Zealand-led campaign to eliminate child labour.

Winning does and will continue to matter in children's sport so long as you keep score. That's just human nature, writes John Dybvig.

In the last five years 16 complaints have been made to the Human Rights Commission about discrimination against transgender people in New Zealand.

It's one thing to use our own money to bank with the Australians as most of us do, but taxpayer money on social services to foreigners is entering a new realm, writes Mike Hosking.

A transgender shopper claims she was ridiculed by an assistant while trying on shorts at a department store in Auckland. Farmers are investigating the claims.

More New Zealanders will be able to get free doctors' visits as part of a raft of changes which come into force today.

Human Rights Commissioner says: "What happened to Mary isn't new but it highlights the bullying and hate that transgender New Zealanders face all too often."

More New Zealanders are ending up unintentionally childless and the childless rate is higher for professional women.

Republican candidate Mike Huckabee told conservatives the Supreme Court tried to "unwrite the laws of nature and the laws of nature's God" when it legalised gay marriage across the United States.

Readers have been digging deep to help the Middlemore Foundation make sure needy children are warm this winter.

Although the effects of the party drug ecstasy are transient and may not require medical attention, complications of severe toxicity have occurred, says Leo Schep.

Private companies like the prison-operator Serco could be used to deliver social services, with Anne Tolley indicating she's open to the idea.

Families in urgent need of a state house are waiting twice as long compared to 18 months ago, Labour says.

An Australian model has issued a warning to women about a self-proclaimed fashion designer who allegedly groped, harassed and exploited models.

Better sharing of information between state agencies may have prevented the death of a child in a poorly-maintained state house, says Social Development Minister Anne Tolley.

A psychiatrist says the strain of dealing with high rents is a key factor in people's mental problems.

As more people sleep rough in the suburbs, one advocate is suggesting building lockers for their belongings.

Slut-shaming is the act of making a female feel guilty and inferior for behaving in a way others deem to be sexually inappropriate, explains Lee Suckling.

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