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Man takes case against hotel after Coke flavour isn’t available
Taiming Zhang wanted a Jack Daniels with Coke No Sugar but the hotel only had Coke Zero.
'Loss of dignity': Benefit fraudster wins compo for privacy breach during MSD investigation
Peter Thomas and his wife defrauded two agencies out of a combined $227,000.
New Human Rights Commission leadership announced
Appointments for human rights and equal employment opportunities roles.
Trans-exclusionary lesbian group files human rights case against Wellington Pride Festival
The case is scheduled to be heard by the tribunal next year.
Had depression? Get headaches? Job-hunter 'gobsmacked' by 'invasive' application
The firm says the questions provide relevant information. Applicants don't have to answer.
Major critic of Māori and Pasifika study rooms Act’s Parmjeet Parmar fronts up to Cameron Bennett
Act Education spokesperson Parmjet Pamar faces her critics
Top horse trainer fined $10,000 for racist abuse of Indian stablehand
'It wouldn’t matter if an Indian died, there would still be a billion left.'
What kids who commit serious crimes have in common
Haami Hanara, who was neglected and abused, knifed a man to death when he was 14.
Tactical use of pain: Call for urgent change as police arrest tactics, especially against Māori, revealed
Police say the use of force is always proportionate to the situation and a last resort.
'Significant humiliation': Woman's photo hung publicly in agency for years
Now she is seeking compensation for the breach of her privacy and 'injury to feelings'.
Human Rights office stands by shared leader appointment
Act leader David Seymour has spoken out about role and salary.
The Govt departments set to switch from Māori to English names
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi was first out of the blocks. Who's next?
Human Rights Commission expected to earn new coalition ire after co-governance appointment
Act's David Seymour wants to see such roles disestablished.
Israel-Hamas war: NZ Human Rights Commission urges reporting of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism
It comes after tensions at Auckland Museum and police patrols at NZ synagogues, mosques.
Police to pay $45k after locking claustrophobic man in cell nine times
'I wouldn’t wish what happened to me on my worst enemy,' Malcolm King says.
Residents 'denied a voice' in cyclone recovery efforts
Cyclone Gabrielle recovery efforts have been criticised by the Human Rights Commission.
Top horse trainer accused of racist jokes by Indian employee
Former horse trainer Stephen McKee said his comments were not racist, but simply "banter".
Oranga Tamariki blunder: Mother in case of mistaken identity offered more compensation
A mother wants OT to be accountable for mistaking her for another woman for 20 years.
Editorial: Housing as a human right
OPINION: Our editorial on calls for housing as a 'human right'.
Housing should be a human right - commissioner
Report finds too many people are still living in cold, damp and mouldy homes.
Meng Foon accepts he's resigned, doesn't rule out future work in public sector
The Race Relations Commissioner's intended resignation was earlier thrown into doubt.
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon reveals he hasn't formally resigned
Meng Foon has urged the Associate Minister to not overreact.
‘Quagmire’: Top human rights court battles backlog of cases
Malcolm King has had a 'gutsful' of waiting for a decision on his human rights claim.
‘Time for Truth’: Act releases Alternative Budget featuring tax cuts, prison boost
Act proposes 200 more youth justice beds be built at a cost of $500 million.
Posie Parker is entitled to share her views, within limits - Human Rights Commissioner
OPINION: 'The antidote of free speech sometimes works, and sometimes it doesn't.'
Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark says ‘n-word’ again, rationalises earlier use
Clark said it six times in a TV interview defending his saying it earlier this week.