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Māori mums must have whānau support
Writer and Māori advocate Tina Ngata talks about a new documentary
Māngere social supermarket eases families' groceries costs
The shop is called Tatou, translating to 'everyone' in te reo Māori, Samoan and Tokelauan.
Tariana Turia on Families Commission
Former Maori Party co-leader Dame Tariana Turia has been appointed to the Families Commission board.
Commission's rebrand really Gauls
The Families Commission is rebranding today taking a name which almost identical to that of a French supermarket chain.
Ex-priest guilty of bigamy
A former priest who moved to Australia where he married twice without first divorcing his New Zealand wife has been found guilty of bigamy.
Men hanging on to old attitudes, says writer
Men have colonised women's minds just as the English colonised the Maori, says Auckland University psychologist Peter Adams.
How the new system will work
The new child protection system will bring teachers, doctors and social services together to protect each of New Zealand's 20,000 to 30,000 most vulnerable children.
Teens who eat with parents less likely to be depressed
Kiwi teenagers who eat meals with Mum and Dad are much less likely to be suicidal, a new study has found.
Deborah Coddington: Stop paying abusers to breed
When you have children, your whole life changes and you must try to defend your child from harm no matter what.
Pet projects face cuts, Key warns
The Government's coalition partners have been warned their pet projects will not be exempt from the drive for savings in this year's Budget, with funding for the Act Party's taskforce and Maori Party's Whanau Ora scheme under review.
Commissioner won't define Maori policy because she's white
The head of the Families Commission today told MPs she couldn't define a policy with a Maori name because she was a middle class white woman.