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Days after quake, Afghan survivors still await aid

Aftershocks and rockfalls hinder rescue efforts in remote areas.

Working poor living in vehicles in Wellington's Petone

Vinyl layer Dylan Holdaway has slept in his car for five months.

No pillow, no bed. We hear from kids who live without

NZ has alarming levels of poverty as families struggle with the cost of living. Reporter Filoialii talks to one Auckland family about sticking together while facing hardship.

Eight siblings among 100,000 Kiwi kids living in poverty

Kasanita Latu sleeps without a pillow, using the couch edge instead.

‘We expect basic personal responsibilities’: Emergency housing grants plummet after govt’s hard line changes

Housing advocates say people denied shelter will die sleeping rough on the street.

'Rotten to the core': Govt banks $151m by ending 'double-dipping', wiping $100 a week for struggling households

The Government decided on the changes in 2024, but used urgency to pass the law in 2025.

Church supports homeless as council issues notice on encampment

Residents fear having nowhere to go if the site closes.

Nation of Debt: 'I'm scared of opening IRD letters' – expat Kiwi on his ballooning student loan debt

Three-quarters of overseas borrowers are behind on repayments.

‘It’s clear we have a real problem’: Homelessness 'appears' to be outstripping population growth

Government ministers have released a report on the 'long-running challenge' facing NZ.

New research points to growing poverty crisis

An increasing number of low-income households are just able to afford the bare essentials, according to a new report from the Child Poverty Action Group.

The Wellbeing Protocol reckons community funding can be done way better

The Wellbeing Protocol wants to change how community funding works – with a clever app.

Editorial: Cost-of-living crisis hits harder in winter

OPINION: About one in 10 children lack a safe, warm bed in New Zealand.

Man high on mushrooms crashes car into garage, with a preschooler on his lap

The garage collapsed on top of Freeman Ruhe's vehicle but the pair escaped injury.

'Hardest worked woman': The extraordinary life of Nurse Maude

Nurse Maude was New Zealand's first district nurse, visiting 1100 patients in her first year.

Simon Wilson: When the centre cannot hold - the stark future for Labour

OPINION: Voters are fed up and populism is sweeping the world, but Labour can benefit.

'Living in sheds, cars': Northland families struggle for basic needs

Beds are the biggest seller due to a shortage of quality beds in the region.