Solid diversity change yet to be seen: EY partner
Susan Doughty says although diversity is being embraced, we are yet to see concrete change at the top of our organisations.
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As same-sex marriages have surged into the mainstream, so too has the gay-wedding industry in the US.
Apple finally puts women onstage
This week's Apple conference marked the first time female executives had been on-stage since 2010.
Mai Chen: NZ melting pot needs special cooks
Employers may soon find that the key skill/capability they are recruiting for is Cultural Intelligence or CQ, and not just IQ and EQ, writes Mai Chen.
Kiwis struggle with accepting mental illness
New Zealanders are accepting of diversity, sexuality and religion but not of mental illness.
Equality officer: 'Kill all white men'
The British university equality officer at the centre of a racism and sexism row could lose her job after she allegedly tweeted a hashtag 'kill all white men'.
'Coming out' in sport
The macho Kiwi rugby, racing and beer mentality is keeping gay sportspeople firmly in the cupboard.
Fewer pupils learn languages
The percentage of students learning a second language in New Zealand secondary schools has dropped to its lowest in over 80 years.
Mai Chen: Cultural diversity in cities a challenge to decision-making
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Transgender in the military - classified as a mental disorder
Over the past decade, Sgt. Shane Ortega has served three combat tours: Two in Iraq, one in Afghanistan. Two as a Marine and one in the Army. Two as a woman and one as a man.
How bigotry hits the economy
Assistant finance professor Noah Smith on discrimination in the US and how reducing it is beneficial to the economy.
Microsoft looks for more autistic workers
Microsoft is looking to recruit yet another type of diverse employee: people with autism.
Workplace diversity - Aaron Andrew, Andrew.Stewart
Aaron Andrew is managing director of environmental and planning consultancy Andrew.Stewart, which last year won the Work Life Balance award at the EEO Trust’s Diversity Awards NZ.
Your Business: Workplace diversity - Jill Tattersall, KIWA Digital
Jill Tattersall is chair and CEO of KIWA Digital, an Auckland-based production house for experiential digital books.
Your Business: Workplace diversity - Murray Long, Murray Long Builders
Murray Long Builders is a residential building company. Murray Long talks to Caitlin Sykes about diversity in the workplace.
Meeting our ethnic neighbours
It bucketed down on Sunday morning, just as they were setting up for the Auckland International Cultural Festival at the sprawling War Memorial Park in Mt Roskill.
Your Business: Workplace diversity - Tiffany Zyp, Blastacars Drift Karts
Tiffany Zyp is operations manager at Blastacars Drift Karts, which was highly commended in the Divers-ability category of the EEO Trust’s 2014 Diversity Awards NZ.
Your Business: Workplace diversity - Bev Cassidy-Mackenzie
Embracing diversity in the workplace isn't a 'nice to have' these days - it's a necessity.
Anti-Islam bias target of summit
Challenges faced by Muslim workers in New Zealand and the reluctance of employers to hire them are among the issues that will be up for discussion at a summit.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: When will I be a Kiwi?
Heather du Plessis-Allan wonders: At what abstract point do we decide an immigrant has earned the right to call him or herself a New Zealander?
Wayne Besant: 6 ideas to kickstart social change in your organisation
How do we use thinking big while starting small to the social and cultural mission of positive race relations?
Attacks 'show how important role is'
On Race Relations Day, commissioner Dame Susan Devoy talks to Phil Taylor about the challenges of the job and the crossroads we have reached .
Paul Thomas: Key, like Top Gear's Clarkson, on borrowed time
Part of John Key's success is he is seen as a Clarksonian figure - someone who speaks our language, the voice of bluff, non-PC common sense, writes Paul Thomas.
Raymond Huo and Jo Coughlan: A greeting goes a long way
Celebrations for Chinese New Year are a good time for Kiwis to think about the respect we owe different cultures when it comes to greeting each other in languages other than our favourite Kiwi slang.
Proud police march in parade
Thousands of people lined Ponsonby Road tonight for the third and largest Auckland Pride Parade.
GayTM attacked by vandals
A vibrant 'GAYTM' on Ponsonby Road has been struck by vandals overnight, with the ANZ machine covered in white paint.
Legend given flesh and humanity
How to bring a legend to life? That was the challenge for film-maker Ava DuVernay when she was given the opportunity to direct - what is remarkably - the first major motion picture about Martin Luther King.
Diversity sets the style for Xmas parties
Employers are changing the way they run Xmas parties to cater for more diverse workplaces, including an increase in Muslims who don't eat ham or drink alcohol.
Paul M Southwick: My love letter to Melbourne - cc Dita
As a Melburnian born in NZ, I cannot leave readers misinformed after Dita de Boni's article "The yawning rich-poor Oz divide" (Nov 13).
Dita De Boni: The yawning rich-poor Oz divide
Certainly New Zealand offers a lot less than Australia in many ways, but at least we can still have the conversation about inequality, writes Dita De Boni.