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A country of 'casual racists'?

As a young nation undergoing a rapidly changing demography, NZ is learning to grapple with the rise of 'casual' or 'everyday' racism.

AFL great to Goodes: Stop playing the victim

Goodes gets support from Thurston

AFL star may retire over racist taunts

AFL Players Association chief Paul Marsh says no one can blame Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes if he decides to retire, as the booing controversy reaches fever pitch.

Is AFL a 'redneck wonderland'?

Australian rules football players and officials have appealed for crowds to stop the relentless, racially-motivated booing and taunting of Adam Goodes, an Aboriginal footballer.

Scotty Stevenson: Racial stereotyping is alive and well in sport

I remember my first and only club rugby final. I was playing for Takapuna in the North Harbour under-19 title match against Silverdale, a team we had beaten earlier in the season in a muddy and....

'We just get it all the time'

A bouncer who was told she was "worthless" and threatened with gang action from two WINZ workers says dealing with verbally abusive customers has become commonplace.

Winz pair forgiven over racist abuse

But bar owner says the two Ministry of Social Development workers who abused his staff won't be welcome back.

Actress says she got 10pc of her male co-star's salary

Amanda Seyfried has put the spotlight on gender discrimination in Hollywood after revealing she was paid just 10 per cent of a male co-star's salary.

Obama's amazing grace points to injustices

US President Barack Obama has led an impassioned funeral service for a popular black minister and politician killed in a church massacre in South Carolina.

Cop drew gun on teens

A white police officer in Texas has been suspended after video emerged of him drawing a gun at a pool party and throwing a black girl in a bikini to the ground.

Older student numbers plummet

Numbers of older students are dropping and Government cuts are to blame, says the national student union and lobby group Grey Power.

Study targets homophobia

Caitlyn Jenner's courage has been welcomed by the world - but do gay women on our own sports fields feel just as accepted?

Gay marriage bill enters political limbo

It was "a moment bigger than politics", declared the Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, introducing his same-sex marriage bill to the federal Parliament yesterday.

Muslim woman refused unopened drink

A Muslim woman has accused a US airline of discrimination after an attendent refused to give her an an unopened can of Diet Coke because it could be used "as a weapon".

How to win the Spelling Bee

The streak is as impressive as it is difficult to explain.

Irish vote reverberates across Italy

Italy is now the only western European country that does not recognise either same-sex marriage or civil unions.

Equality officer: 'Kill all white men'

The British university equality officer at the centre of a racism and sexism row could lose her job after she allegedly tweeted a hashtag 'kill all white men'.