Opinion: Labour-National consensus on family support won't change much for poor families
The similarities between National and Labour's WFF policies are striking.
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Power unaffordability for whānau ‘unacceptable’, Energy Hardship Panel says
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Working For Families is failing poor whānau, review won't help
OPINION: A Working for Families review will not help those who need it most.
Hotel deemed unfit for homeless
Former Carisbrook Hotel will receive no more referrals until "notice to fix" is sorted.
Simon Wilson: Labour and National are becalmed in a sea of voter scepticism
OPINION: Will the two main parties ever learn to fill the sails of purpose and hope?
Hipkins defends fruit & veg GST cut amid claims policy fails poorer Kiwis
Labour's tax promises would cost about $3.4 billion over four years.
Rotorua hapū fits out new papakāinga homes with geothermal heating
The housing is for hapū members currently living in emergency accommodation.
‘Tax the rich’ rally planned for Auckland
'Anger rising' at inequality: Church deacon, unions among wealth tax rally backers.
Sir Ian Taylor: Chest pains, a hospital visit, and reflections on modern-day NZ
OPINION: No one is offering anything that looks remotely like a vision for health.
Ngarimu Blair: Kāinga Ora's Greys Ave living is not black and white for our whānau
OPINION: Ngāti Whātua ki Tāmaki understand the importance of a kāinga, a home to people.
'A gutsful': The politics over youth crime, the numbers and what would make a difference
Politicians have had a 'gutsful', but is youth offending actually getting worse?
Grace Gordon: Tough on crime begets more violent crime
OPINION: NZ's lust for punishment is making matters worse, says a criminology lecturer.
Iwi plans to import transportable homes for Māori living in 'appalling' conditions
The homes would have three bedrooms and cost up to $170,000.
Inside Kāinga Ora's 'village' in the middle of Auckland city
Te Mātāwai is Auckland's newest and largest response to homelessness in the city.
‘Totally unacceptable’: Sir Paul Adams on poverty, homelessness and NZ’s growing social divide
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Where Auckland rents spiralled fastest: Average now $642/week
Steep rises in an area where many can’t afford to own homes, so are long-term tenants.
Energy-poor cancer patient speaks of only one hour of heating per day
One Porirua mother regularly has her power shut off for the last day or two of each month.
Thomas Coughlan: Hipkins wanted MPs to be able to disagree more - he got his wish
OPINION: Is a bit of Cabinet disagreement really all that bad?
'They are shutting down families': Cuts hit Auckland ECE centres hard
The council previously funded all 10 Kauri Kids childcare centres across the region.
'Living here you feel like a bottom feeder and scum'
This woman works fulltime as a nurse but is still homeless.
‘Lost the plot’: Act founder not voting for former party
The party's current leader isn't too fazed by the comments.
Wellington's plan to end homelessness reads more like a wishlist
OPINION: The city council already tried to end homelessness by 2020 and failed.
Claire Trevett: Hipkins right to scotch wealth tax, but polls have Labour at tipping point
Hipkins is hoping his caucus got a short, sharp lesson from bad polls. They need one.
White Cross saga a symptom of healthcare crisis, poverty advocate says
Many parents were shocked about the $49 fee for a medical visit for kids under 14.
Emma Priest: Why ‘getting tough on crime’ doesn’t work
Scaremongering in an election year is sadly predictable.
Simon Wilson: The 'soft on crime' debate - should we use a Swat team, not KFC, to get kids off roof?
OPINION: The Greens and Act offer plain choices in this election.
Green Party looking to snare Labour's disaffected voters
Green Party members are assembling for their AGM in Auckland this weekend.
Letters: Rental properties, nurses' pay, EVs and farm emissions
OPINION: Also letters on Kennedy Pt Marina, intellect, heating, and the harbour bridge.
Letters: Science in decline, te reo and the economy
OPINION: Also letters on student loans, Kiri Allan, Michael Wood, Dome Valley and more.