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Charities team up to launch food distribution service
Napier MP Katie Nimon says the free food service is 'a very special programme'.

Forced adoptions, starvation, beatings: Landmark report reveals horrors for unwed mums
This is what happened to girls and women sent to unmarried mothers' homes.

Give youth a chance: Employers urged to give young Northlanders their first job
Northland youth unemployment is the highest in the country, new figures show.

Charities face rising demand from pensioners as living costs hit home
'Like most elderly, I don’t want to feel like I’m a burden to anyone.'

Tairāwhiti suffering in 'perfect storm' of poverty
The Salllies call for support during their Winter Appeal week.

'Dark numbers': Fear housing crisis 'normalised'; region with most need revealed
The charity delivers 92,000 food parcels in a year: 'That’s not a flex'.

Salvation Army store shifting into ToolShed building
The Hastings Salvation Army Store has closed and will move just up the road.

'A deep sense of joy': Hana Seddon thanks Rotorua for supporting the Christmas Appeal
"Many tears of relief and gratitude, and plenty of wide smiles."

Young boy donates all his coins in food drive
Nearly 4000 items were donated in the Lakes area alone.

'Massive confidence boost': Trust donates $10k to Christmas Appeal
"Together we can make a difference, and Rotorua Trust is pleased to be part of it.”

Kiwi volunteers build new Salvation Army base in Tongan village in record time
Up to 15 volunteers from New Zealand travelled to Tonga for the project.

Bad granny: Woman, 85, evicted from social housing for 'bullying' neighbours
She verbally abused one and made repeated false accusations against others.

'Stupid': Thief accidentally films his own vandalism of CCTV camera
The 52-year-old admitted to police it was a 'stupid' move.

Salvation Army to incorporate Māori to help set new strategic guidance
The church is upping its strategic alliance with Māori.

Struggle street: Rents double, swallowing incomes
Support payments based on rent data about six years out of date.

Homeless hotline needed after Remuera car death, MP says
The service would be based on London's Streetlink initiative.

'I wouldn't have been on this planet for much longer': Drink-driver with 40-year history claims sobriety
A repeat drink-driver claims to have ditched the booze and to be enjoying recovery.

Kings and queens of philanthropy: NZ's billionaire benefactors and generous family dynasties
Uber-rich families that gift are plentiful around Auckland.

Dunedin rapist Dwayne Keats given indefinite sentence
Keats was jailed for 15 years, but Court of Appeal says sentence manifestly inadequate.

Service station and liquor store staff terrified by armed and disguised men
Man's childhood thefts of food and groceries escalated to aggravated robberies.

'Too many desperate families': Thousands in need of food as Omicron wreaks havoc
One support service says it has never seen demand as high as during the current outbreak.