State house evictions double in Auckland
Redevelopment and methamphetamine were two key reasons for evictions from state houses.
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Family 'living day by day' to survive
Glen Innes mum of six talks about the struggle of raising six kids on $250 a week.
Early puberty linked to poor environment
Children from disadvantaged households are more likely to hit puberty early.
NZ ranked 158th of 165 on child rights
A European advocacy group has ranked NZ 158th out of 165 nations on children's rights.
Protest erupts at National conference
Activists attempted to break through police lines to where Bill English is speaking.
Social business helping the hungry
Single parent Suzanne Cannell explains how her business was motivated through hardship.
'Toxic culture' leaves needy without benefit
The Government has refused to support a new free advocacy service for the poor.
Poverty: Living on porridge and noodles
More than 620,000 Kiwis live below the poverty line and most are adults.
Parents dump holiday kids at libraries
Warning for parents amid cases of children being left alone: 'We're not a daycare.'
Watch NZH Focus: Poverty in New Zealand is Getting Worse
The Salvation Army is slamming the county’s poverty levels saying that all of the onus shouldn’t just fall onto them and that everyone has a part to play.
Kiwi teenage brides 'treated like slaves'
Crackdown on forced marriages: "It's hell on Earth for some of them."
Kim Jong-un's plan if US attacks
North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners.
Teachers kicked, hit, stabbed by 'P kids'
Teachers are being kicked, punched and stabbed by children of P-addicted mothers.
Hidden Pacific campaign hits over target
A joint effort by Herald and World Vision fundraising campaign sees them make $200,000.
Liam Dann: Housing bubble springs a leak
COMMENT: Don't panic, housing bubble hasn't popped. But it has released a bit of hot air.
Cost of respiratory illnesses $6b and rising
About one in six Kiwis live with a respiratory illness and the number is increasing.
Madison, 12, speaks up on having parent in jail
Madison Strempek, 12, talks about what it's like having a parent in prison.
Hidden Pacific: Struggles of the people
NZ Herald Focus discusses the struggles of the people in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Solomons and NZ can teach each other
COMMENT: Alex Waimora is from the Solomon Islands but has been living in NZ for four years.
Shoppers urged to donate sanitary products to the needy
Countdown is discounting sanitary items for two weeks to encourage donations to women in need
The island paradise with no food
First impressions are of an idyllic paradise. But it soon becomes obvious that this village is living barely one step ahead of hand to mouth
Villagers at mercy of rising sea levels
Leaving home is the only option for many as the atoll faces the same fate as five islands that have already disappeared.
Illness still ravaging island villages
A teen's recovery from a second bout of TB is rare bright spot in battle to rein in the disease.
Pregnant mum's agonising, lifesaving trek
Some 60 per cent of Papua New Guinea's population live in areas where malaria is endemic.
Q&A: Can we keep global warming to 1.5C?
A Kiwi scientist meeting in Brazil with world climate experts discusses a new report assessing what an extra 1.5C of warming would mean for the planet.
Hidden Pacific: Fishing in remote islands
Each day we report on a particular problem for the Pacific, showcasing how World Vision has helped. Today, fishing to survive.
Clinics running on little more than hope
Clarke Gayford and Mike Scott visit isolated communities in Papua New Guinea as part of a World Vision fundraiser and find scenes straight out of a horror movie.
Simple answer to devastating drought
Just one thing going wrong had a devastating effect on an entire village in Papua New Guinea.
'The children were so thirsty'
The people of Rarata village in the Solomon Islands were walking up to 7km every day to quench their thirst.
Why we're tackling Pacific poverty
The Herald's latest appeal with World Vision will help our Pacific neighbours.
New Labour candidate announced for Bay of Plenty
Candidate and MP to help raise funds and awareness for Tauranga Women's Refuge
No one should die alone on streets
COMMENT: Sometimes, the simplest of statements can touch hearts and change lives, writes Cathy Casey.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Who designed the Maori flag?
The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks out about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Taika Waititi named NZer of the Year
Taika Waititi says he is "really happy and proud" to be chosen as New Zealander of the Year.