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Child poverty rate in NZ too high, Govt told

City cracking down on street beggars

Auckland City Council increasing its focus on enforcing a by-law which makes begging illegal.

Agencies for the homeless stuggle to cope with demand

Kindness kills when aid prolongs wars

Humanitarian help has become a huge industry, buffering corrupt regimes and perpetuating war, claims the author of a new book.

India's poor hits 410m

Kyrgyzstan violence alarm bell for other Central Asian dictatorships

Amnesty no cure for militant rage created by poverty

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Daunting challenge to feed the world

Prime Minister John Key will today front the first full meeting of a global environmental alliance.

Effort to help Aborigines 'too slow'

Report shows living standards have changed little.

North Koreans face hunger

Kyrgyzstan - a vanishing culture

Families with kids feel pinch hardest

An official survey has found that families with children are far more likely to be in hardship than any other New Zealanders.

<i>Susan St John:</i> Level of inequality just not acceptable

<i>Paul Holmes</i>: Haiti a nation of endless suffering

Should homeless Haitian children be flown out of the country for adoption?

High life to end