Google have changed their predictive search function to remove derogatory terms associated with Maori.

Type 'Kiwi' or 'Maori' into Google's predictive search and some less than flattering suggestions come up, prompting a call for the internet giant to disable the feature.

A 62-year-old job seeker who is accusing an energy firm of age discrimination has won a legal battle to view the CVs of the people who beat him to the job.

A branch of one of Auckland's largest Indian restaurant chains has been seeking part-time wait staff - but said only "girls" could apply.

The southwestern state of Arizona has passed a law allowing businesses to refuse to serve gay people if homosexuality is against their religious beliefs.

A booklet aimed at addressing family violence in ethnic communities has been launched by the Government today.

Eight complaints have been lodged with the Human Rights Commission after a Wellington DJ suggested some Indian night-clubbers were "rapists" with bad dress sense.

Rod Emmerson's take on Vladimir Putin's law change.

A former top gay rugby player says life inside NZ's NPC environment was "suffocating and emotionally draining" and a gay All Black represents an important "last hurdle" for the sport.

'I lead this double life because I still have to make a living.' Five women tell the Herald about their lives and challenges they face being Muslim in NZ.

A new apartment complex is being designed exclusively for baby boomers who will be guaranteed no "random tenants to disrupt your busy life".

An Italian MP has “blacked up” to deliver a staggering anti-immigration rant in the country’s parliament.

Partygoers are being urged to boycott a nightclub whose owner made racist remarks suggesting his Indian patrons were predatory rapists.

Labour's target of selecting candidates to ensure women make up at least half of its caucus by 2017 has been given the thumbs down in the latest Herald-DigiPoll.

Earlier this year, Auckland doctor Sudhvir Singh was filling out a customer survey when he came to a section asking his ethnicity.

Australia's conservative Government intends to dump laws that ban hate speech on the grounds that they inhibit free speech.

David Cunliffe says Judith Collins is a trout. She responded by calling him a "recidivist sexist", as he previously said the human race would die out if she were the last woman on Earth.

Minister for Women's Affairs Judith Collins has accused Labour leader David Cunliffe of sexism after he referred to her as a "trout" in an opinion piece.

A controversial church leader and critic of homosexuality has made peace with a prominent transgender adversary as she battles kidney disease.

It has been hailed as a Schindler's List for slavery, a long-overdue unflinching confrontation by Hollywood of the "original sin" on which the United States was founded.