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Quake-support packages needed for more than 20,000
Applications for financial support following last week's deadly Christchurch quake are flooding in.
Christchurch earthquake: Offers of help overwhelming NGOs
Overwhelming offers of help for Christchurch are impeding the systems of non-government organisations trying to help there, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett.
Abuse scandal policeman promoted
The police officer who misled officials over the number of unresolved child abuse cases in the Wairarapa has since been promoted.
GPs develop plan to get invalids off benefit
A consortium of North Shore doctors has a radical proposal to use health professionals to help sickness and invalid beneficiaries back to work.
Police working to improve systems - Broad
The IPCA has released the second part of its report into the handling of child abuse cases by police.
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Big shake up has Govt looking into the clouds
Major changes are on the way for public sector information technology.
Parental lessons may miss most in need
Thousands of New Zealand parents are going back to school to learn how to be better parents - but experts still do not know if the multiple programmes are reaching the parents who most need them.
Couple welcome chance to adopt Russian tots
Auckland couple Jo Denvir and Daniel Nixon have been waiting three years for the adoption doors to Russia to reopen.
Girl raises $109 for abuse victim
Waitemata police are praising the actions of a nine-year-old Devonport girl raising money to help a victim of horrific child abuse.
Tortured girl to spend Xmas with new family
A girl, 9, allegedly tortured and abused by her parents will spend Christmas with a new foster family.
Parents accused of torture appear in court
A couple accused of torturing their nine-year-old daughter appeared briefly in court this morning.
Sex abuse charge in torture case
New claims emerged last night that the nine-year-old girl allegedly tortured by her parents was also sexually abused while in Child Youth and Family care.