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Jarrod Gilbert: Prison doesn't usually offer hope. Why this unit is different

Imagine living in lockdown for six years and no tech. How would you adapt to life outside?

Opinion | Welfare doled out with cruelty and inhumanity

OPINION: Anna Casey-Cox writes welfare provision in New Zealand lacks a heart.

Her husband died of dementia. Days later Work and Income demanded money

"It makes you feel like you're some kind of a criminal."

Female Winz staff member hospitalised after 'violent attack'

Female frontline staff member was hospitalised after being attacked.

'How the hell are we supposed to live?' Pensioners' rents soar 40 per cent

"By doing this ... many will be paying upwards of 50 per cent of their pension in rent."

A Moment In Crime Podcast: The murder of Grace Millane

Herald podcast A Moment In Crime looks at the murder of Grace Millane in Auckland.

Migrant says MSD cut support to keep benefit numbers down

'It's become like a battle of attrition,' he says of MSD's emergency benefit programme.

Huge leap in mothers in distress, financial hardship in Auckland lockdown

Charity data points to significant job losses in Auckland's lockdown.

A Moment In Crime Podcast: Hell in paradise - the Aramoana massacre

A Moment In Crime episode 13 looks back at the 1990 Aramoana mass shooting and siege.

GP bending rules to get help for mouthfuls of rotten teeth

Patients are taking weeks off work due to pain, strong medication, and long waiting times.

Surgical mesh victim sceptical about ACC action

ACC to assess declined cover for surgical mesh injuries dating back to July 2005.

A Moment In Crime: 61 seconds of horror - The Ashburton Winz murders

Episode 12 of NZME podcast A Moment In Crime looks back at the Ashburton Winz murders.

Christchurch benefit fraudster's appeal denied

Leticia Margaret Drake was convicted of benefit fraud that spanned over 10 years.

Motelier asked to rip off emergency housing scheme

A motelier is warning about a potential emergency housing scam.

Wanted: Powered site for one couple, six cats in caravan

A Rotorua couple is wondering where to go after "we evicted the cats, not them".

Private schools: Are they worth $20,000 a year?

Are private schools worth the money? Part 1 of a 3-part Herald investigation.