Today I've decided to out myself - as the reporter who was asked by the President of the Philippines if I was married.

The Human Rights Commission has received 16 complaints about Brian Tamaki's rant blaming gay people for earthquakes.

In an exclusive interview with the Herald, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte twice confuses New Zealand with Australia ... and asked a reporter if she was married.

Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a banquet lunch be delivered to his Auckland hotel ahead of his expected departure later today.

MP Louisa Wall championed the right of everyone to marry. She has now tabled a Bill that sets out a process for terminally ill person to legally end life.

The United States has agreed to consider taking refugees from Australian detention centres, Secretary of State John Kerry said at a press conference in New Zealand.

A Kiwi who tackled institutional racism at Harvard Law School now wants to share his experiences in the Human Rights Commission anti-racism campaign.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.

The United Nations have said that at least 239 migrants have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya.

A PhD student at the University of Auckland is frustrated at having to fight to find an appropriate space to breastfeed her child.

Police have admitted setting up a drink-drive checkpoint near a euthanasia meeting.

Diversity champion Global Women wants to see a minimum target of 30 per cent of female directors on the boards of NZX-listed companies. The

COMMENT: It's time to revive the Tampa spirit and rescue refugees our Australian neighbours have sent off to rot in hellish prison camps on remote islands.

Philippine President Duterte's state of mind is under scrutiny as the death toll in his war on drugs exceeds 3600.

Colin Craig has taken a hammering over the past week but if he is feeling the heat, he is not letting on - and is even considering a possible comeback.

Dozens of people died Sunday at a festival after security forces fired tear gas into a crowd during a political protest and provoked a stampede.

Health authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.

In the city of Davao, stories of Rodrigo Duterte's brutal rule haven't dimmed his popularity.

Beatings, inhumane conditions and inmates forced to rape each other. This is what goes on in Saydnaya Military Prison.

The Human Rights Commission has given cautious support to the Government's spying reforms.

There is less you may be able to get away with in Thailand if authorities go ahead with a bold new tourist rule.

Documents were leaked detailing examples of harrowing abuse, sexual assault, child abuse and self-harm attempts in a Nauru's detention centre.

Philippine President Duterte has effectively signed death warrants of up to 50 drug-dealing officials as the street execution toll soars to 600.

Three intellectually disabled men are suing Govt for upwards of $100,000 each, alleging human rights abuses while in state care.

The Turkish president said that he would reinstate the death penalty to deal with those who took park in the coup attempt

A petition for an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit has garnered more than 2000 signatures in a day.

The family of an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit have launched a petition calling for the minister of health to intervene in his case.

Elderly, mentally ill patients were subjected to the "prolonged and excessive" use...

COMMENT: We're on the right track, but need to build on our achievements if we want to trade on the world stage.

The 30th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill is being celebrated around the country today. Prominent Kiwis talk about what it means to them.