Black people '26 times more likely' than white people to be stopped and searched by British police.

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

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.

A divided Israeli Cabinet yesterday approved a highly controversial measure.

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.

The dean of a New York university has been accused of ordering students to do housework - or lose their scholarships.