Samoan Language Week kicks off today and for the first time an educational booklet is available to encourage New Zealanders to learn the language.

Fatumata Bah was out shopping when a European woman asked if she would like a "free ride back to the airport" to go back to where she came from.

Michael Stiassny says New Zealanders can't follow the path towards Donald Trump style leadership.

The wolf whistle might be disappearing, but it's still a man's world on the building site.

The growing number of elderly Chinese migrants entering NZ to reunite with family and being left alone is a major concern, an immigration expert says.

Central city beggars are breaching council bylaws up to 900 times a month, and Auckland wants powers to fine them.

COMMENT: We are all being changed by superdiversity and we need to understand what that means for us, and how we are evolving, or we may get left behind, writes Mai Chen.

Late-model mobile phones are a hot demand item for thieves on the prowl in Auckland's central city, police say.

A wage gap between men and women start earlier in their careers and has significantly widened for young workers.

As the questions start to delve deeper into his personal life, Sonny Bill Williams looks up shyly and admits it's getting harder to come up with an answer.

Just four percent of S&P 500 CEOs are women. Only 19 percent of those companies' board members are women.

Sushi chef Oizumi Fujiya cringes each time he sees a diner soak an entire piece of sushi into soy sauce or eat preserved ginger slices as a topping.

COMMENT: Talking openly about discrimination is crucial if we are ever going to address it properly. Racial profiling isn't just about those high profile cases, writes Susan Devoy.

Taiwanese superstar will use first and only NZ concert to promote "equal love".

One of Asia's most successful singer, songwriter, actress and musician to perform in Auckland.

Nearly half of people surveyed believed Asian people were responsible for rising house prices.

COMMENT: Ranginui Walker had the right idea about needing to debate our shared history as New Zealanders.

COMMENT: In thE context of Aotearoa, I have learned it is impossible to talk about race relations without understanding the Treaty of Waitangi.

Colourful costumes, African beats and the sounds of Asia signalled day two of the country’s biggest secondary schools’ cultural festival — Polyfest.

The sounds of the Pacific will be heard loud and proud in Auckland this week, as what is tipped to be the biggest Polyfest kicks off today.

Aucklanders were out in force yesterday, soaking up the sights and sounds of the Pacific at the Pasifika Festival and the glamour of Auckland Cup Day.

An advisory group has been set up to help organise Auckland's Diwali after last year's fiasco.

New Zealand has held onto its position as the fourth best performing country for opportunities for women in work.

International chain PappaRich opens first outlet in Auckland with more planned around New Zealand.

That's a lot of different ways to say hello.

Quality celebration of all our cultures more sorely needed than a parade each, writes Brian Rudman.

After an eruption of protests the skin-whitening ad was withdrawn with "heartfelt apologies" from Seoul Secret. But they didn't withdraw the product, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Dr Robert Sanders's view in his opinion article "What is Chinese?" is correct but only in a limited sense, writes Raymond Huo.

It is a well-worn cliché in China that one often only needs to travel a very short distance from one village to another to discover that that you can no longer understand what is being said.

One in four of us live with a disability, writes Paul Gibson. Today we celebrate our diversity. We achieve, not despite, but because of who we are. We all deserve to be included fully.