Latest from Poverty

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

"The only way to succeed financially was to become well-qualified professionally."

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.

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.

Editorial: French riots a new eruption of an old problem

EDITORIAL: France has cracked down hard, flooding major cities with 45,000 police.

’We need a system that treats people with respect’: Calls to wipe welfare debt

Beneficiaries owe the Government $2.4 billion nationally.

'They're like gold': Appeal for donations of PJs and clothes

The Bald Angels are appealing for warm clothes to help keep kids warm this winter.

No power in some households, high prices in others

Our most vulnerable and cash-strapped NZers are paying around 15 per cent more for power.