Latest from Poverty

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Ending poverty requires serious Govt approach

Kaumatua need affordable housing and healthcare, and sufficient income.

Is Labour really soft on crime? The numbers reveal a surprising story

The Herald has analysed decades of data to see how crime has changed in Aotearoa.

MSD debt balloons to $2.4 billion, family debt rises 25 per cent in a year

Campaigner says Govt inquiry needed to reveal true extent of poverty in NZ.

Opinion: Poverty is a circumstance - not a character flaw

Opinion: "It’s a cycle. A trap. And one that is incredibly difficult to escape."

Only a third of boarding houses have sprinklers

Most buildings like Wellington's Loafers Lodge do not have sprinklers.

Inflation takes away gains from Labour’s Working for Families package

Inflation is eating away at people's benefits.

Opinion: We need to talk about young people and homelessness

What is more basic than food on the table, and a roof over your head?

Editorial: Poor suffer as the world churns

Opinion: Our editorial on the lasting effects of extreme weather on the poorest.

Govt considered making child support ‘income’ for the child

It would have given parents more income and had a "greater impact" on child poverty.

Rising wait times for children's mental health assessments 'worrying'

'The need is way greater than the actual capacity to service that need'.

Max Rashbrooke: Verdict on this Govt’s child poverty action

OPINION: An economist measures the results so far and passes judgment.

Editorial: Indifference betrays our children

OPINION: Statistics on child poverty are evidence of NZ's failure.

Child poverty not improving, still 120,000 in material hardship

Statistics show gradual declines on most measures but campaigners say still too high.

Opinion: 'Lack of progress' - child poverty is not reducing, it's time for change

OPINION: Authors of longitudinal study 'Growing Up in NZ' respond to latest figures.

Brooke van Velden: Money’s too tight to mention

Households around NZ are tightening their belts - and Govt needs to as well.

Letters: Teacher’s strike, high living costs and co-governance

OPINION: Letters on rental property policies, education free fall, and Putin.