New ZealandAction on child poverty wanted - but...A new poll on child poverty has found most Kiwis want more done to fix the problem - but not if it meant paying higher taxes.04 Sep 09:40 PM
New ZealandSykes brings years of battling social issues to election campaignWith her Auckland ties, Annette Sykes says she could have easily stood in the Tamaki Makarau electorate.03 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionGeoff Noller: People should decide drug futurePerhaps because of the impending election, public discussion of our cannabis laws has been gaining momentum.03 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandNick Smith pilloried at housing forumHousing Minister Nick Smith was shouted down when he claimed at a forum on Auckland's housing crisis that foreign buyers weren't impacting on prices.02 Sep 09:12 PM
New ZealandOfficer found guilty of racial abuseA Queenstown policewoman accused of racially abusing a taxi driver in the resort last year has been found guilty.02 Sep 05:41 AM
OpinionEwen McQueen: Cinderella effect can't be ignoredOverseas studies support Kiwi research on role of casual relationships in child abuse, writes Ewen McQueen.01 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: I've learned my lesson, life's just not fairTeacher Peter Lyons says he's finally learned a valuable lesson - life isn't fair, so he explains why he's decided to vote the right way this election.01 Sep 09:30 PM
New ZealandCop denies racial abuseA police officer denies allegations she racially abused a taxi driver in Queenstown last year while affected by a cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol.01 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn Hawkes: Williams a remarkable man in any languageDr Harold Williams has long been featured by Guinness World Records as the world's greatest linguist. He spoke 58 languages.31 Aug 09:30 PM
New ZealandBuilders on urgent hunt for apprenticesNew Zealand's expanding building industry has signed up its 9000th apprentice - but says it is running out of young people to fill the demand for more.31 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandTransgender refugee says NZ paradiseA transgender refugee from Colombia who was knocked back by other countries says she has "found paradise" in New Zealand after being officially recognised as a woman.29 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandNigel Latta: Ten things I've learnedAs his hard-hitting TV series about New Zealand’s biggest challenges draws to a close, Nigel Latta reflects on what he knows now29 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandThree gender options under LabourLabour wants drivers' licences and passports in New Zealand to offer three gender options.26 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionLydia Sosene: Licensors blind to social impact of bottle shopsLydia Sosene writes: A full-strength alcohol outlet would be a recipe for disaster and the social cost on our struggling community will continue to triple.25 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandUnited, the world in a suburbWhen Cecil Lochan settled in Mt Roskill in the mid-1970s, the Fijian-Indian was the first non-European in the street. His neighbour wasn't happy.22 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandCalder: Helping prey fight off the sharksThe Government’s proposal for get-ahead loans is okay, but it won't help New zealanders who are still in serious financial trouble, writes Peter Calder.19 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionPaul Gibson: Still work to do on disabled rightsMost New Zealanders take their rights for granted, but they're rights often not realised by disabled people, writes Paul Gibson.18 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandChoice between the carrot and the stickVoters comparing social policies at this election have a clear choice: "Unrelenting focus on work" with National, or a softer line if Labour wins.18 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Unfairness of pokie funds must changeThe Auckland Council was an early supporter of Te Ururoa Flavell's Gambling Harm Reduction Bill and it saw the legislation as a toolkit.17 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionDita De Boni: ChCh locals left out in the coldWhen I was in Christchurch recently to interview the two main candidates in the Christchurch Central electorate, I was shocked to see that people on the street seemed even more weary than ever.14 Aug 09:30 PM
OpinionKathy Marks: Gammy critics fail nutcase testDavid and Wendy Farnell blundered their way through a 60 Minutes television interview about their disabled son, Gammy, born to a surrogate mother in Thailand.14 Aug 09:30 PM
Banking and financeLoan shark victim welcomes crackdownA new war on "loan sharks' should help bankrupt Auckland mum Farrah Matthews, who ended up paying $29k for a $12k car - borrowing money at 29 per cent interest.13 Aug 05:00 PM
Banking and financeLoan scheme to knock out 'loan sharks'Almost 1 million families will be eligible for low- and no-interest loans under a new Government-backed scheme aimed at saving low-income families from "loan sharks".13 Aug 12:00 AM
New ZealandPeter Calder: Away from trouble, on to thronePeter Calder writes: Waikowhai Primary School in Mt Roskill is one of 15 schools where the seven-week course called Kiwi Kids has been run over the past eight years.12 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandCandidates face off in EpsomEpsom election candidates faced off at a public debate last night, with one promising to name a convicted sex offender with name suppression under parliamentary privilege.12 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Free doctors visits unfair on taxpaying generationWhen policymakers in the modern world worry about the cost to future taxpayers of ageing populations, pensions are only part of it - healthcare also contributes to the bill.11 Aug 05:30 PM
New ZealandNats include 18, 19-year-olds in schemeA further 3500 young people on welfare could have their spending tightly controlled by an adult supervisor if National is re-elected.11 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandDingle youth project expands to tackle jobsMountaineer Graeme Dingle's youth charity is branching out from its original outdoors focus to try to connect school-leavers with employers and jobs.11 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldSchool says bienvenidos to a growing changeFor the first time, US public schools are projected this northern autumn to have more minority students than non-Hispanic whites.10 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionMatt Heath: No matter how good, it can be even betterI tuned into an annoying discussion on the radio this week. It was a bunch of baby boomers claiming young people who haven't seen war have no right to complain.10 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Time to cull the human-attacking dog breedsLet's not get sidetracked over whether or not Housing New Zealand's dog ban failed.05 Aug 05:00 PM
