When Maurice Williamson is moved to label critics of the sale of farmland to Chinese buyers "racist", you have to accept he's not just joking around.

More sexual harrassment claims against former David Jones chief executive Mark McInnes.

A citizenship speech by Waitakere City councillor Ross Dallow - father of TV One newsreader Simon Dallow - has outraged a new New Zealander.

Continuing discrimination against Asians needs to be addressed and the high rate of Maori imprisonment is bleak, Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres says.

A US federal appeals court has put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely.

An outraged gay community has lashed out at a Tauranga radio station for using the word "poofter" live on air.

Two Takapuna Grammar students have been stood down after a fight, allegedly fuelled by racist taunts, which was videoed and sent around school.

An 18-year-old Iranian is facing imminent execution on charges of homosexuality.

The Human Rights Commission says Maori Party MP Hone Harawira needs to consider whether his personal feelings are helpful to race relations.

Paul Henry says he feels "37 and three months" and has the hair of a 40-year-old.

National MP Tau Henare today rejected Hone Harawira's notion of not wanting his kids to date Pakeha, calling the comments racist and stupid.

John Key says it is "ridiculous" that MP Hone Harawira would not be happy about his children dating Pakeha.