The annual Countdown Winter Appeal has kicked off with a study that reveals those in need.

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COMMENT: Amy Adams keeps a close watch on her associate minister, writes Audrey Young.

Labour's Willie Jackson wants an assurance his charity's funding will not be cut.

Sophia Nash was charged with stealing a handbag from the Mt Eden Salvation Army store.

EduKids Taradale donate toys to Edgecumbe children. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Salvation Army appeal seeks funds to help stop 'unacceptable' homelessness.

The Salvation Army is slamming the county’s poverty levels saying that all of the onus shouldn’t just fall onto them and that everyone has a part to play.

Nathan Rakuraku started smoking cannabis at 7, meth at 15. Now clean, he shares his story.

Thousands of dollars of sanitary products have been donated to charity ahead of a two-week campaign by Countdown.

The supermarket chain allocated $100,000 to food rescue charities as well as giving one organisation a one off $25,000 donation.

Countdown is discounting sanitary items for two weeks to encourage donations to women in need

The Sundaise Festival in Waihi has been flooded out.

For every sanitary product bought by a company, another will be given to a high school for free.

Taika Waititi says he is "really happy and proud" to be chosen as New Zealander of the Year.

Sophia Nash, ex of radio jock Thane Kirby, is accused of stealing a $20 bag from the op shop she worked at in Mt Eden.

Pharmac is considering funding women's hygiene products as the cost leaves some resorting to rags and old clothing as an alternative. The

It's a long, hot slog fighting a fire as big and complex as the one in the Hawke's Bay in the blazing heat. But it's also satisfying work.

The Salvation Army says a gift appeal is further behind its target than at any other point in the appeal's 23 year history.

The Salvation Army would not sell Buddha statues - or icons of other religions - in its charity shops.

More than 200 schools took part in this year's Wattie's Cans for Good Campaign.

Circle_see_more_DP.epsVOLUNTEER: Reporter Kyra Dawson spends time helping out at the Salvation Army Foodbank. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

The Salvation Army has released a report with several recommendations to Corrections to reduce re-offending and help ex-prisoners re-enter society.

For a year Lee Nearne, her husband Andy (not their real names) and their three sons, two of whom are special needs, lived in a garage

Calls to mental health helplines have spiked since the Kaikoura Earthquake.

It was an experience Trish Wilson (not her real name) and her six-year-old daughter Sarah never want to repeat: sleeping in the cold

The Salvation Army is launching an urgent Christmas appeal today as demand for food parcels is expeced to soar.

Police are checking that people have a legitimate reason to be in quake-hit areas.

Circle_see_more_DP.epsFoodbank_Appeal_2016_DP_5.epsFoodbank_Appeal_2016_DP_1.epsBy Matthew Martinmatthew.martin@dailypost.co.nz GIVING

The Government will buy up to three more motels and construct modular housing as part of a new $300 million investment in emergency housing.