Employers are increasingly taking advantage of the diversity of their workforce to access opportunities in new markets, according to recent research.

The Herald this week marks the launch of Super Diverse Women. Today, Lincoln Tan talks to a laywer who came to New Zealand from Pakistan.

Rez Gardi came to NZ under the refugee quota system. After spending nearly 20 years in Auckland, Gardi says she still feels like a second class citizen.

New Zealand's most senior Catholic has appealed to fellow Catholic, Prime Minister Bill English, to reconsider plans to deport Indian

COMMENT: Inaugural chairwoman of Super Diverse Women Mai Chen explains why the initiative should matter to all New Zealanders.

Super Diverse Women commissioned a survey of almost 300 Kiwis to assess their experiences of discrimination and diversity.

As a New Zealander with Chinese ancestry, writer and actor Helene Wong shares her experience of diversity in NZ.

COMMENT: Auckland needs to work harder and closer to build a two-way, long-term New Zealand-China relationship.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has taken a dig at Donald Trump in a speech saying he's glad New Zealand is not building walls.

In a Western world fast embracing a darker view of Islam, a German sports hero has suddenly fallen from heights it took a lifetime to achieve.

200,000 are expected at biggest cultural festival in the country.

Ridding strategy of jargon can be a challenge, but it's likely to help businesses in the long run, Helen Twose writes.

Migrants do not dilute New Zealand's cultural identity despite more coming from non-traditional source countries, experts say.

Lincoln Tan poses questions on the Immigration challenges facing NZ.

The perception that migrants take jobs from Kiwis and push up house prices are widespread, but the fear is overblown, a new report has found.

Prime Minister Bill English has a duty to speak out against US President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim travellers, the Green Party says.

New movie Hidden Figures tells the story of African-American women who played a crucial role in NASA's early space missions. Does NZ science have its own diversity problem?

The 750 refugees who arrive in NZ each year now face a whole new journey navigating our foreign land.

Women are still vastly under-represented on boards with data from the NZX showing the ratio of male to female directors has not changed

Ethnic restaurants in Auckland are taking the cooking from the kitchen to the dining table.

COMMENT: Social media may yet sound the death knell for super-skinny modelling stereotypes.

Photographer says people opposed to gender diversity need to 'get over it'.

New Zealand Christmas dinner is not just about ham and turkey, but kimchi, lechon and tequila too, a Massey University sociologist says.

At Christmas, Korean families eat kimchi and drink rice cake soup, chef Alex Kim says.

COMMENT: Bill English will overhaul his Cabinet this weekend. Here's hoping he appoints a new Minister for Women's Affairs

12 Questions: Shortland Street star JJ Fong has made a steamy impression on the long-running Kiwi soap - but there's much more to her talents than just acting.

ASB Bank has been named the winner of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Diversity Leadership Award.

A top adviser to Donald Trump suggests that the US President-elect wants to help Hillary Clinton "heal" and not pursue a probe of his former rival.

Going to nightclubs is a rite of passage for many 18-year-olds. But for transgender man Jack Clark, it can be a minefield.

There is an urgent need for "culturally appropriate" elder care, and an Indian trust says having ethnic wards at existing rest homes is the way to go.