The story of seamstresses' fight for pay parity still resonates 40 years on, Stephen Jewell discovers.

The reaction to what Paul Henry said is far more destructive than the remarks themselves, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Goff has spent much of the past week playing political football with two of New Zealand's major trading relationships.

Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman maintains he is unaware of any golden handshake to Paul Henry and says it would be "inappropriate" to find out.

The NZ Government has congratulated controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo after earlier saying it was waiting on advice.

Pete Bethune has alleged Sea Shepherd ordered him to scuttle the Ady Gil after its collision with a Japanese whaling vessel.

The TVNZ spokeswoman who defended Paul Henry's offensive comments about Sir Anand Satyanand has apologised to staff and offered her resignation.

In a move set to raise concerns about the newspaper's independence, Fiji Times publisher Dallas Swinstead said editor-in-chief Netani Rika had quit because of perceptions he was anti-government.

Teresa Lewis, 41, was put to death for hiring two men to kill her husband and stepson in October 2002. Photos / AP

It's a sad day for journalism when a newspaper is pressured into stopping its reports on crime.