The Turkish woman was as wizened and brown as a date. The date smiled out at me from a magenta headscarf.

An Australian artist is on a mission to collect 100 photographs of women in their underwear for a project that aims to promote body love and diversity.

You'd think that, between the filters and the #fitnessgoals and the celebrity-grams, Instagram would make an unfriendly place to talk body acceptance. But the opposite is actually true.

A new gender classification for people who don't see themselves as just male or female has been developed and New Zealand will be the first to use it.

How do Kiwis really feel about Asian people? Results from a sprawling study show warmth toward Asians has been growing.

The Ku Klux Klan is flourishing and exploiting racial tension in the US, according to a behind-the-scenes documentary.

Sixteen months after a Government decision to end most of its contracts, the Problem Gambling Foundation has won a year’s further reprieve.

A long-term contract to inspect all state houses for potential risks to health and safety was axed the year before two Auckland tenants died last winter.

I want to know what is going on in people's heads as they shuffle towards me, on the footpath, engrossed in the device they hold in their hand.

A campaign grows in support of two Moroccan woman accused of "gross indecency" for wearing dresses considered provocative.

Women have found a wacky way to fight censorship of their breasts on social media, covering them with images of male nipples.

A survey has found almost 100,000 people living in institutions, caravans and other circumstances apart from normal, private houses.

Cathy Casey of the Eden Park Community Liaison Group looks at the importation of alcohol sachets which can be hidden and taken into concerts and sports events.

Eight Kiwi companies - including six fashion brands - have joined a New Zealand-led campaign to eliminate child labour.

Winning does and will continue to matter in children's sport so long as you keep score. That's just human nature, writes John Dybvig.

In the last five years 16 complaints have been made to the Human Rights Commission about discrimination against transgender people in New Zealand.

A transgender shopper claims she was ridiculed by an assistant while trying on shorts at a department store in Auckland. Farmers are investigating the claims.

Human Rights Commissioner says: "What happened to Mary isn't new but it highlights the bullying and hate that transgender New Zealanders face all too often."

Bill English's willingness to allow a foreign housing provider to buy NZ state houses veers close to allowing blind ideology to get the better of common sense, says John Armstrong.

More New Zealanders are ending up unintentionally childless and the childless rate is higher for professional women.

The results of a probe into retirement village residents' complaints and disputes with their owners and managers will be revealed next month and could lead to a shake-up.

Republican candidate Mike Huckabee told conservatives the Supreme Court tried to "unwrite the laws of nature and the laws of nature's God" when it legalised gay marriage across the United States.

Readers have been digging deep to help the Middlemore Foundation make sure needy children are warm this winter.

Although the effects of the party drug ecstasy are transient and may not require medical attention, complications of severe toxicity have occurred, says Leo Schep.

Private companies like the prison-operator Serco could be used to deliver social services, with Anne Tolley indicating she's open to the idea.

Families in urgent need of a state house are waiting twice as long compared to 18 months ago, Labour says.

An Australian model has issued a warning to women about a self-proclaimed fashion designer who allegedly groped, harassed and exploited models.

Better sharing of information between state agencies may have prevented the death of a child in a poorly-maintained state house, says Social Development Minister Anne Tolley.