It helps to dress up for movie premieres, dinner at a fine restaurant - or even visits to the petrol station.

A bill to legalise same-sex marriage is likely to be amended to explicitly state that churches would not be forced to marry same-sex couples.

The US President must be allowed to build on his Administration's achievements, writes Reverend Jesse Jackson.

A cell phone ban has helped reduce bullying and cut the number of student fights at a Wanganui high school.

"This sort of male dominance should not be supported by this council." Accusations of racism and sexism surface during an Auckland Council debate.

Extending paid parental leave to six months may lead to employers discriminating against women of child-bearing age, Business NZ says.

New arrivals are adding to, not subtracting from, New Zealand's future.

Glass ceiling will stay unless firms find new ways for parents to work.

Women who attended single-sex schools are less likely to be victims of New Zealand's growing gender pay gap, a professor claims.

A Syrian job applicant was told he should change his name to something more Kiwi because conservative southerners would think twice about working with him.

A weed control firm which bluntly said "wimpy" job seekers were not suited to their summer vacancies has pulled the ad from Trade Me after more than 42,000 hits.

A web content filter for the Dunedin City Council's internal network has deemed a Family First NZ website on traditional marriage a "hate" site.