Latest from Poverty

Opinion: 'Lack of progress' - child poverty is not reducing, it's time for change

OPINION: Authors of longitudinal study 'Growing Up in NZ' respond to latest figures.

Brooke van Velden: Money’s too tight to mention

Households around NZ are tightening their belts - and Govt needs to as well.

Letters: Teacher’s strike, high living costs and co-governance

OPINION: Letters on rental property policies, education free fall, and Putin.

'My calling': Full-time volunteer reflects on nearly four-year stint helping homeless

Laura Wood has been leading the charitable trust since October 2019.

Women’s Day highlights eroded progress as 'patriarchy fights back'

Gender equality won’t be achieved for 300 years given the current pace of change: UN head.

UK govt admits tough new plan to stop Channel migrants 'pushes law'

“If you enter Britain illegally, you will be detained and swiftly removed,” govt says.

Cyclone Gabrielle worsens Gisborne’s housing crisis

More than 170 houses red or yellowed stickered in a city desperately short of housing.

Cyclone Gabrielle: National’s Christopher Luxon slams criminals, opposes ‘flood tax’

Christopher Luxon has hit out at the Government for downplaying crime fears.

'I had tears the whole way around’: Heartfelt plea for donations for kids in need this Christmas

Without donations, thousands of kids could still miss out, charity boss says.

North Shore residents ‘terrified, frustrated’ at crime they claim is linked to social housing

Locals call for change as businesses are robbed and residents live in fear.

‘Our shelves are empty’: Wellington food bank appeals for donations as holiday period approaches

Donations can be dropped off in Wellington supermarkets.

Clive Elliott: Is Aotearoa headed for social apartheid?

OPINION: We are currently experiencing a momentous paradigm shift.

Buttabean foodbank robbery has silver lining - and a twist

Dave Letele has been humbled by the generosity of people and businesses after the theft.

'Worst we have ever seen': 10,000 more kids hungry at school as food prices hit 13-year high

With food prices at a 13-year high, support for hungry children is growing.

'Some kids are really struggling in our community' says Kaitaia resident

Two small children in Kaitaia found eating food scraps out of rubbish bag.

Helen Robinson: An end to homelessness

OPINION: Twenty-six thousand New Zealanders on the social housing list is not okay.