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.

Sloane's lawyers are claiming she was "bullied" and "defamed" by race relations commissioner Dame Susan Devoy.

COMMENT: The Human Rights Commission has given what it calls the "orange light" to euthanasia. Let's not run this orange. Let's stop while we can.

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 Human Rights Commission is joining those calling for the Government to quash convictions for gay sex.

Saturday marks 30 years since that milestone in the gay rights movement, an anniversary that will be celebrated in Parliament tonight.

Organizers read the names of the Orlando gay nightclub shooting and held a moment of silence Saturday during Cincinnati's parade and festival events celebrating Gay, Lesbian,....

A leading human rights lawyer says the door is now "wide open" for Ashley Peacock to take health authorities to court

Associate health minister Sam Lotu-Iiga has been assured Ashley Peacock is 'being cared for in the best way possible'.

The fight over gay rights in Florida has been contentious for a decade and flared anew earlier this year.

Lizzie Marvelly is right; every woman should be able to make her own choices.

She's young, beautiful and studying politics and philosophy. But this young Danish woman isn't your average uni student.

A transgender woman who claims she was forced out of her job at an Auckland barbershop has been cleared to pursue her claim of unjustified dismissal

COMMENT: We should be focussing on providing clean, filtered water to as many people as possible, because it is a basic human right, writes Sam Judd. Not selling water off to an overseas company.

COMMENT: US states looking to pass 'religious freedom' laws are coming up against the power of corporate - and Hollywood - values.

Customers complain insurers have refused to settle unless they stop posting negative comments on social media.