More than 180 New Zealanders recognised in New Year honours.

'Once Hong Kong allowed open opposition and questioning of the government's core policies'

Desmond Tutu was a foe of apartheid, as well as a leading advocate for LGBTQ rights.

Women and children were among those shot by government troops while fleeing combat.

Here for a good time but not a long time, this epic icehotel will only last till Spring.

Women are required to cover up to "protect public sensibilities".

British activist warns UK's ruling puts them "on the wrong side of history."

US Justice Department closes its investigation into the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.

Al-Jumailly chained Yazidi girl in the sun in temperatures of over 50C.

The human rights lawyer spoke at the Apec CEO Summit.

Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban, announces marriage on Twitter.

NZSIS and GCSB minister Andrew Little on our spies and what really happens in the shadows.

The conflict has been marked by gang rapes, deliberate starvation and thousands of deaths.

Beijing's brutal persecution of millions is proving very lucrative for China.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the ambassadors be declared undesirable.

Former detective describes extreme abuse towards ethnic minority in China.

Failure means "massive ongoing costs" to New Zealand, Children's Commissioner says.

Peter Schulte has called for Bill Machen to resign as deputy mayor.

Enforced use of passports in domestic settings could be challenged under human rights law.

Punishments like executions and amputations of hands to return under Taliban rule.

Guterres speaks of hope in face of 'cascade of crises'.

A trans woman has been charged under Islamic laws for insulting Islam by cross-dressing.

Human Rights Commission says te reo Māori is an official language in Aotearoa.

"We now call on you to do more".

Conversion therapy involves attempts to change a person's sexual orientation.