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Parker joined Charlotte Ryan to share some of his favourite gay anthems, ahead of his show Little Gay In, at the Auckland Pride Festival. Video, Audio

The sector is now in a perilous position after the resignation of Director-General of Health Diana Sarfati, doctors and colleagues say.

The evidence is mixed, according to an evaluation of eight charter schools undertaken for the Ministry of Education.

Cuts to disability funding are creating worrying impacts, clinicians say - and one researcher is pleading for the government to rethink their approach. Audio

The Detail: Despite a model based on choice, New Zealanders' options for birth are limited based on post code.

About 30,000 more people are unemployed than a year ago, and some forecasters say another 10,000 or 15,000 could be out of work before the cycle turns.

Testing showed fewer children in their final year of primary school would meet the new curriculum's expectations.

There is a warning inequities in palliative care around the country will deepen if roles looking at a national policy are dropped.

A three-year, $1.4m project aims to address inequities experienced by Māori and Pacific people with type 1 diabetes.

Analysis - State asset sales have been a political dividing line for decades now, and it seems voters are again being asked to decide which side they're on. Audio

The Prime Minister met with UN Women's Asia Pacific regional director Christine Arab in Port Moresby "to discuss issues of women".

This rhetorical and ideological vagueness obscures a pivotal point: there is no such thing as a singular form of democracy, writes Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll.

The Minister of Children Karen Chhour was told by Te Pāti Māori she did not understand the "essence" of being Māori.

General practices are closing their books, with nearly 40% not taking new patients last year. Audio

But the opposition says it is a smokescreen for digging up fossil fuels.

Views ranged from it being an attempt to "oppress iwi Māori" to providing the chance to ease New Zealanders' anxiety over the Treaty. Audio

Hundreds of same-sex couples are tying the knot across Thailand as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognise marriage equality.

Hundreds gathered in Auckland last weekend to denounce violence at the community's 36th annual convention.

A couple of LGBTQIA+ advocates in the Northern Mariana Islands are up in arms over US President Donald Trump's executive order terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

An Ōtautahi-based collective sparked backlash when it offered racially tiered tickets for an upcoming gig. But was the reaction justified?

Imagine earning $3.5 million ($US2 million) a day - that was the average daily income for the world's billionaires last year.

Analysis - Research looking at the experiences of social and family workers themselves found participants expressed discomfort in knowing about the harm to children yet feeling helpless.