Minister Murray McCully says Andy Haden made a mistake, apologised - and that that "is the end of the matter".

Steve Deans writes that top teams would never overlook good players because of race.

The rugby star accused of modern day slavery in France says the claims made against him are fabricated.

PM John Key says an apology to Maori rugby players excluded from All Blacks tours to South Africa is a matter between unions.

Two prominent Maori former All Blacks have welcomed NZRU's apology to Maori players, but one player from the 60s says the scars will never heal.

The decision to include caste in India's national census has triggered intense controversy about a painful, vexing subject.

Thousands of protesters rallied in cities across America demanding that President Obama tackle immigration reform immediately.

Hollywood, aromatic with the scent of gorgeous and available young women, still remains a sexualised and sexist ecosystem.

I apologise to the Maori people and the rugby players involved for the disgraceful injustice visited upon them between 1928 and 1960.

Desperate job-seeking Asians are taking on Anglicised first names and ditching their traditional surnames in an effort to find work in NZ.