COMMENT: Inaugural chairwoman of Super Diverse Women Mai Chen explains why the initiative should matter to all New Zealanders.

Super Diverse Women commissioned a survey of almost 300 Kiwis to assess their experiences of discrimination and diversity.

As a New Zealander with Chinese ancestry, writer and actor Helene Wong shares her experience of diversity in NZ.

A teenager from America's Deep South who claims her family disowned her over her boyfriend's skin colour has raised almost $50,000 in a crowdfunding campaign.

Fresh insight into secretive kingdom reveals the extent of the regime's use of kids as slaves. Here, two teens tell their stories.

An Auckland mother living with HIV says ending new HIV infections here by 2025 is not impossible, but it will require "an incredible amount" of effort.

In a Western world fast embracing a darker view of Islam, a German sports hero has suddenly fallen from heights it took a lifetime to achieve.

President Donald Trump denounced arguments against his immigration order as "disgraceful".

A leaked draft order allowing discrimination against anything not strictly Christian reportedly awaits Donald Trump's signature.

A young Kiwi couple's dream to see America has been dashed - at least temporarily - by Donald Trump's ban on visitors from seven majority-Muslim nations.

Since opening their first GP practice in Otara, Ranjna Patel and her husband Kanti have built New Zealand's largest independent primary healthcare group.

Travellers with valid visas and green cards have reportedly been prevented from boarding flights and turned away at US border control.

New movie Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women who played a crucial role in NASA's early space missions. Does NZ science have its own diversity problem?

A woman has been caught on camera repeatedly banging on car windows after noticing a Muslim woman inside wearing a face covering.

Seasoned travellers have been sharing their worst experiences of racism encountered in various countries around the world, in a shocking online thread.

Morocco has banned the sale and construction of burqas because of security concerns, the country's media has reported.

Muslims girls in Switzerland must not be exempt from mixed swimming lessons, the European Court of Human Rights has said in a groundbreaking ruling.

Campground owners have been forced to increase security as freedom campers are parking nearby, then waltzing in and using their facilities for free.

A newly-wed couple say they have been overlooked by Tauranga landlords more than 30 times over fears their cuisine would leave a lingering smell.

White supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan will hold a victory party to celebrate Donald Trump's win over Hillary Clinton.

An Indian migrant who was deliberately burnt to death behind the wheel of a Brisbane bus was the victim of a random attack.

Just how racist are we? It's a question New Zealanders don't like to discuss but these Kiwis share their stories of racism.

A man who catcalled a flight attendant during a safety demonstration has been thrown off an Alaska Airlines plane.

COMMENT: NZ's consistent arrest, conviction and imprisonment stats cannot be explained away by invoking class alone.

A town in Pennsylvania has rallied to kick out their mayor after he posted a bunch of racist Facebook memes.

COMMENT: Of all the reactions arising from the investigation into the Chiefs' stripper scandal, the most apt was issued by the woman involved.

COMMENT: Spend any length of time in the US and you realise that the Star-Spangled Banner is not an anthem to be dishonoured lightly.

New Zealand Police attempts to recruit more women have been successful and rewarded.

COMMENT: Is Donald Trump experiencing a mental illness? That's the question making the rounds these days.

The Muslim woman told it was a "waste of time" applying for a position if she wouldn't take off her head scarf has been given a chance at a job.