Homophobia is on rise in Uganda as the government seeks an Anti-Homosexuality Bill and the minister for ethics and integrity insists that it will be every citizen's duty under new laws to denounce anyone they suspect of being gay.

Paul Henry's employers have upheld a complaint against him over comments he made about singer Susan Boyle.

Since winning the women's 800m at the World Championships in Berlin and creating a worldwide stir over her sexuality, Caster Semenya's life has changed irrevocably.

Eight families who say they need help to look after their disabled children have been left waiting almost a year for a decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

The Human Rights Commission has received nearly 200 calls after TV host Paul Henry referred to intellectually-disabled star Susan Boyle as "retarded".

Big Day Out organisers have backtracked and pulled controversial Jamaican performer Beenie Man out of next year's event.

Labour MP Shane Jones has attacked the Maori Party for a racially divisive attitude that makes it "the mirror image of Don Brash at Orewa".

Firebrand MP Hone Harawira has been given two weeks to decide if he wants to remain a Maori Party MP, in the wake of his racially abusive comments about white people.

The Maori Party president suggests embattled Te Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira leave the Party and become an independent MP.

Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples is in the Far North at a hui for embattled MP Hone Harawira.

Hone Harawira's "unacceptable" behaviour has prompted a flood of racist and abusive emails to the Maori Party, co-leader Tariana Turia says.