COMMENT: Report funds seclusion is often used without proper conditions

Shocking new details of Syria's torture and murder of its citizens have emerged.

The mission was to bring down Bill O'Reilly.

The Government's low-paid carer deal will benefit 55,000 workers and cost $2 billion.

An Auckland councillor has complained to the Human Rights Commission over a shop's sign.

Kiwi ultra-distance swimmer Kim Chambers is diving into US-Mexico border relations.

Campaigners say gay men are being tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death.

COMMENT: Freedom of expression a right that comes with responsibilities.

Jailed for three years, a wife kept prisoner in room with no light, bedclothes or carpet.

Security among the reasons cited for cancellation of Muslim critic's tour.

Confused? Here's a guide to fracas that has followed the release of the Hit & Run book.

A transgender pioneer and author died last week when his car collided with a train.

Iraqi government forces halted the fight for Mosul yesterday.

United Nations report appears to back claims SAS troops killed civilians in Afghani raid.

It's costing taxpayers almost $1m a year to keep Ashley Peacock behind locked doors.

NZ Herald Focus discusses the struggles of the people in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Kiwis are asked to stand up against the kind of racist attacks seen in President Donald Trump's America.

Posters for a "white rights" group believed to have been started in NZ were posted around Auckland University.

Millions more dollars have been invested by a Government superannuation fund in an international palm oil company embroiled in labour abuse allegations.

A doctor was shocked when personal medical notes were accessed by her employer.

COMMENT: Sex education is not in all schools but it should be, says a researcher.

He says authorities are violating his human rights because they refuse to let him don a toupee.

Parliament will this week debate whether domestic violence victims should get extra paid leave, as the Women's Refuge presents new research.

A transgender athlete has been selected for this month's Australian International.

New Zealand has sought advice on deradicalisation from the Malaysian Government.

The true horror of Islamic State's mass killings may never fully be known.

Dame Susan Devoy has drawn a connection between Maori children taken from their families and placed in state homes and the numbers of Maori in prison.

For complicated reasons to do with war and politics, the only way in and out of the enclave controlled by Syria's Kurds is on a rusty

HIV-positive figure's condom-free message clashes with international medical advice.

COMMENT: I greatly resent Family First attempting to use experiences of sexual violence in order to advance its anti-trans agenda.