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Advocate: No one will hire disabled workers on minimum wage

Kiwis with disabilities earned half the average income of other NZers, study finds.

Hawkesby: No Mike, not all people who can't find work are lazy

COMMENT: If you have to pay $17.70 an hour now, why hire an inexperienced employee?

Record objections against Wellington liquor shop

More than 500 objections have been submitted over the proposal for Khandallah.

Whanganui residents continue struggling to find rentals

Niki Wiggins has been given a 90-day notice after five years at a property in Gonville.

Teen robbed intellectually impaired man, spent it on cannabis, fast-food and Kmart

The thief was sentenced to a year of home detention.

Childcare fees hit private school levels

Childcare fees rose at twice the general inflation rate from 2008-2017.

The 'relentless' rise of P in New Zealand: 'This is becoming a plague'

Meth-related offending has now overtaken cannabis in New Zealand.

Editorial: Dole rise reflects lighter demands

Comment: Rise in number of the dole may reflect less enforcement of its requirements.

Govt could change discriminatory welfare law

A landmark case may change the way people on both ACC and welfare are compensated.

Work and Income accused of 'prying' into people's sex lives

Whether people are single or a couple affects their eligibility for benefits.

Cold comfort: Solo mum borrows to pay power bills

Karina Tipene heats up her house by cooking dinner late for her seven young grandchildren.

Rental nightmare: 'It was unfit for a dog for $320 a week'

Rental prices in Whanganui up nearly 40 per cent on last year

School uniform and sports vital to kids' self-esteem

At one Auckland school, 1 in 10 students are getting help with basic items like clothing.

Hardship in NZ: Winter bites hard for struggling single mum

Once bills are paid, nothing left for solo mum

'It rips you' - Family stretched by severe asthma

One basic item helped relieve a family from sickness, sleepless nights and stress.

Don't penalise mothers for working - report

Sole parents on welfare start getting penalised once they earn more than $100 a week.

Bridges says Govt going 'soft' on welfare

Winston Peters accuses Simon Bridges of taking a "puritanical" view on welfare sanctions.

Hardship in NZ: After bills paid, family has $1.68 a fortnight

Samantha once sponsored a child in poverty. Now her own daughter is being sponsored.