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Democrats have won key elections in New York City and the state of Virginia, in the first major round of polls since US President Barack Obama's re-election in 2012.

A woman's leader in Papua New Guinea says gender equality won't improve in Pacific Island countries until more women are in power at a national level. A major three yearly...

A politics lecturer at Canterbury University says an increase in social inequality is exacerbating the problem of low turnout in local body elections. Audio

Health experts from around the world are meeting in Auckland to mark the 75th anniversary of the New Zealand health system. Audio

The Public Health Association conference in New Plymouth has heard health research involving Maori organisations reduces inequalities.

The competitive model of health delivery is failing Maori, human rights lawyer and Mana Party president Annette Sykes says.

Researchers studying health inequalities for young Maori women and their babies are highlighting the need for a cultural approach when dealing with Maori.

Nurses have told MPs that patient care could suffer if proposed changes to employment laws are allowed to go ahead.

A Government report on the status of human rights in New Zealand says improvements have been made in areas of concern highlighted by the United Nations, such as discrimination, inequality and family…

Youth law advocacy group, Just Speak, is suggesting the whole criminal justice system needs reviewing to see if prevention programmes are really working.

The head of a prostate cancer taskforce says a greater effort is to be made to improve understanding among Maori communities about prostate cancer.

The Maori arm of the Nurses Organisation say it is still fighting pay inequalities which see some nurses at iwi agencies paid 25% less than those at district health boards.

The body reviewing the Pacific's blue print for regional development, the Pacific Plan, says the Pacific Islands Forum itself has to adapt. The Plan is the key document driving the...

A French Senate committee has altered a bill by the Minister of Women's Rights, Najat Belkacem-Vallaud, for measures to combat gender inequalities. It also says the equality clauses should apply...

Fiji's prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has told a meeting in Hong Kong that it is a myth that the South must depend fully on developed countries for technology. Speaking...

Te Tairawhiti District Health Board's Maori representation is welcoming proposed Maori health training for DHBs.