New ZealandBudget will help tackle povertyTomorrow's Budget will contain practical measures to tackle poverty, says Finance Minister Bill English.14 May 05:30 PM
BusinessBudget to focus on social housingIncome-related rental subsidies look set to be extended in tomorrow's Budget to tenants in community-owned housing.14 May 05:30 PM
OpinionDenis Browne: NZ needs to talk about food povertyThe number of hungry people seeking food at night in my diocese has doubled in the past two months, writes Bishop Denis Browne.02 May 05:32 AM
EntertainmentArgo star living on $1.50 a dayBen Affleck is planning to live on $1.50 a day.24 Apr 07:25 PM
New ZealandSpecial report: State of our childrenNew Zealand's infant mortality rate has fallen to 4.2 in the latest Statistics NZ figures for 2012.10 Apr 08:10 PM
EntertainmentPop stars' mum on missionMolly Bedingfield - mother to pop artists Daniel and Natasha - is the founder of the Global Angels Foundation; an international charity that aims to help communities living in extreme poverty and disadvantage.20 Mar 06:16 PM
OpinionSusan St John: Let's have policies for all childrenChild poverty is not a party political issue; it is a moral and ethical issue, writes Susan St John. "It may have been possible some time ago to bury our heads in the sand and ignore the prevalence of child poverty in NZ."20 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandGovt eyes WoF for rental housingMinister says Housing NZ stock needs work before it can impose conditions on private landlords06 Mar 07:30 PM
OpinionDamien Grant: I'd rather a better phone than feed a hungry childAbout 270,000 Kiwi children live in poverty, according to a report by the Children's Commissioner last month.26 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandTourist: We were connedTourists say a rogue operator promised them visits to farms, geyser parks and buffet dinners - but instead took them to free events.04 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandNew Zealand great place to draw in lottery of lifeNew Zealand has been ranked one of the world's best countries to be born in this year. Researchers named New Zealand the seventh most lucky nation in which to start life.03 Jan 04:30 PM
EconomyNew Year Honours: Dame Wendy PyeDame Wendy Pye will turn 70 next year but is still getting up at 4.30am to field international calls, travelling across the world to expand her publishing business and "beating the drum" for children's literacy.30 Dec 04:30 PM
WorldDesperate bid for better lifeFor more than three months he remained an unknown young African whose fatal decision to seek a better life in Europe ended with an 800m drop.25 Dec 04:30 PM
OpinionTapu MisaTapu Misa: Christmas should be a time of hope for us allA Christmas story from an associate, who was in a Salvation Army op shop when a family - mum, dad, and three children - stopped by to drop off a new bike.24 Dec 04:00 AM
New ZealandRecord queues for Christmas foodFuelled by the highest rate of unemployment in 13 years, the queues snaking along the pavements outside the Auckland City Mission have nothing festive about them.20 Dec 04:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Community trust good way to keep loan sharks at bayEditorial: The Nga Tangata Microfinance Trust in South Auckland seems to be providing a less businesslike but no less welcome solution for some of the indebted poor in this country.17 Dec 04:30 PM
OpinionCatriona MacLennan: Loan plan start of something goodCatriona MacLennan writes: "The Government will be making a serious mistake and missing a major opportunity if it disregards one of the key recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty."17 Dec 04:30 PM
OpinionHistory disproves poverty mantraThe recent small surge in reports recounting child poverty in New Zealand make grim reading, writes Paul Moon, especially as so many of the conditions blighting children's lives can easily be remedied.13 Dec 08:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Remedies for child poverty step in the right directionEditorial: When the Children's Commissioner set up an "expert advisory group on solutions to child poverty" this year, many New Zealanders will have cheered.11 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandPeter Calder: December cruellest month for poorThe noticeboards in the public area at the Hobson St headquarters of the Auckland City Mission make grim reading.11 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandGovt urged to offer low-cost loansGovernment-backed low-interest loans to undercut "loan sharks" could be on the cards in the wake of a pragmatic final report of an expert group on child poverty.10 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandGroup wants extra $10 a week for sole parentsMore than 80,000 sole parents, caring for 133,000 children, would get an extra $10 a week under a proposal to tackle child poverty.10 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandDownturn making kids sickThe Government is being urged to act now on child poverty rather than waiting for the economy to improve.09 Dec 07:34 PM
New ZealandDownturn still making kids sickThe number of children admitted to hospital with conditions that can be related to poverty has declined, but experts warn about problems with children's health.09 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandSteps to cut rheumatic fever rateNorthland has the highest rates of rheumatic fever in the country and last week visiting US expert Dr Stanford Shulman met health professionals to help with solutions.05 Dec 04:30 PM
