Crowd behaviour has again become an issue.

Growing numbers of Kiwis risk becoming homeless in old age because of falling home ownership rates, rising rents and static housing subsidies, the Salvation Army says.

A journalist and the national police chief are among 21 Kiwi men who are championing a campaign to end inequality between men and women by 2030.

Expatriate Kiwis are more likely to favour changing the flag than people still living in NZ - but they are much less keen on abandoning the monarchy.

KidsCan charity is literally close to home for Manukau student Vika Pasa.

More than 30,000 New Zealanders had their benefits cut last financial year for travelling overseas without letting officials know.

A "hikoi for homes" in Auckland today may be the forerunner of social unrest on a greater scale.

Everything's accelerated these days, and the same must be said for grief online.

Are rock bands running scared from Europe? Foo Fighters, Deftones and Prince have all cancelled tours following the Paris attacks.

Welfare, says Tuhoe leader Tamati Kruger, is a "disease" that has sapped the motivation of his people.

This week, two primetime documentary specials put New Zealand women in the spotlight, and it couldn't have come at a better time.

At least one family every three days is now seeking housing help across Auckland because their only place to live is a car.

Tough allocation criteria make it near-impossible for most people to even get on the state house waiting lists. The private rental market is a tough place to enter when you're down and out, writes Sue Bradford.

This advertising campaign will just add to the growing concerns that children already have about their appearance, weight, eating, exercise and health, writes Dr Darren Powell.

As research discovers Facebook can increase feelings of sadness, Rachel Halliwell explains how she found the social media sweet spot.

Complaining publicly about the Hollywood gender pay gap is "a bit vulgar", Kate Winslet says.

A stocktake on women's place in New Zealand says many women are still treated as "second-class citizens".

A second Auckland woman has found her job prospects limited because she wears a Muslim headscarf.

Carl Ewen knows how to grow a good mo. He says it also helps that he's from a "follicly advanced family".

Among young offenders, the rate of reconviction within five years after release is 91 per cent, much of which happens within the first 12 to 24 months, writes Jarrod Gilbert.

A dismissed addiction counsellor says her case has exposed unsafe understaffing at the prison unit where she worked.

Emma Watson and Mark Ruffalo are among stars backing Jennifer Lawrence for addressing the Hollywood gender pay gap in a hard-hitting article.

The CYF review panel recommends a child-centred system, "where the voices and needs of children and young people are at the forefront of everything the agency does".

State house tenants from around New Zealand plan to march on Parliament against Government plans to sell 1600 houses in Tauranga and Invercargill.

They don't deserve to be swept off the streets like just another pile of rubbish, writes Kerre McIvor.

After the American incident, John Key went on to lament the difficulties of gun control in the US but forgot about the same problem in New Zealand, writes Alexander Gillespie.

Model Chrissy Teigen has blasted the brains behind an insensitive new app, which urges users to judge people they meet.

Boys realise very early in life they simply do not hit girls and that it is part of what makes them masculine.

"Why doesn't she leave?" That is the wrong question to ask. It places responsibility for the situation on the victim, rather than the perpetrator, writes Catriona MacLennan.

Rather than placing children in foster care the state should be helping to strengthen their family unit.