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A third of companies on the stock exchange's main board have no woman directors, further investigation shows.

Call it for what it is - straight-up racism. And it happens every day.

The Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce says it is concerned about the signals a proposed amnesty, on penalties for not paying tax, sends to taxpayers.

US President Barack Obama has called on Americans to defend their democracy in his farewell speech in Chicago.

The proportion of women on boards in Sweden rose to 32 percent last year, but a bill will stipulate that by 2019 it must be at least 40 percent.

With only 17 percent of company directors being women, a governance boss says it's time quotas stopped being a "dirty word". Audio

Outspoken - NZ's economy is one of the best-performing among developed countries but there are nagging problems under the headlines. Audio

Many people could be prepared to pay more tax to help disadvantaged young people, the children's commissioner says.

Hundreds of volunteers will prepare Christmas lunches for the less fortunate today, and some Christchurch kids have been helping raise money for the homeless.

The gap between rich and the poor has continued to widen and it is a scandal that people are living in poverty, says Michael Gorman.

Prime Minister Bill English says he is not a feminist; in fact, he claims he does not know what that means. Video

Joshua, his wife and their two young children are among hundreds seeking help from the Auckland City Mission. Video

A Hamilton group says it has found homes for more than 800 individuals and families in the last two years.

The number of female recruits in the Fire Service has jumped from 1 percent to 17 percent in the last three years.