The Chief Human Rights Commissioner is 'deeply disappointed' the Crown is to appeal a High Court ruling on caregivers' rights.

The Ministry of Health is to appeal a court ruling that parents caring for disabled adult children are eligible for financial support.

NZ women still struggle to gain leadership roles and suffer from high levels of domestic violence, a report says.

Britain is considering banning far-right United States pastor Terry Jones from travelling to the UK.

A casting agent for Sir Peter Jackson's planned film adaptations of The Hobbit has been dismissed after placing newspaper ads seeking extras with "light skin tones".

Prime Minister Julia Gillard now has no chance of avoiding a further, divisive, debate on gay marriage.

Women losing the gains of workplace equality...

A 16-year-old girl has claimed discrimination after her private Australian school banned her lesbian partner from the ball.

Women are losing some of the gains they have made towards workplace equality, the Human Rights Commission says.

Winston Churchill is rightly remembered for leading Britain through her finest hour - but what if he also led the country through her most shameful hour?

The 'Paul Henry' affair may well come up in talks between John Key and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a summit in Hanoi.

Blockbuster movies are perpetuating negative female stereotypes, according to a study of family films.

Black people '26 times more likely' than white people to be stopped and searched by British police.

TVNZ's complaints committee has upheld the flood of complaints over Paul Henry's questioning of Sir Anand Satyanand's ethnic suitability to be Governor-General.