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Gareth Morgan's big tax idea
After motorbiking round the world and saving Happy Feet, economist Gareth Morgan wants to revolutionise our tax and welfare system. Andrew Laxon asks him why.
Tapu Misa: Cuts hurt kids instead of making parents work
Why is the idea of helping poor children so difficult to sell in a country with a supposed 'socialist streak'?
Brian Rudman: Hunger in land of milk and honey
The causes of increased poverty, and the growth of school food programmes go back to National's big benefit cuts of 1991.
Our hungry kids: 40,000 NZ kids fed by charities
School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes...
Quake to cost insurers up to $16b
One of the world's biggest reinsurers estimated today that last week's Christchurch earthquake would cost insurers between $8.1 billion and $16b.
Working for families cuts targeted
Wealthy parents receiving money from Working for Families look set to lose the funding as the Govt looks to find financial relief for the Christchurch quake.
Recession hitting children's health
Children are bearing the brunt of the economic recession, with around 2000 more kids admitted to hospital last year compared to 2007, according to a report compiled by the Children's Social Health Monitor.
If you want to talk about being poor... you've got to be rich
Critics say the entry cost of $2295 plus GST for the two-day Child Poverty NZ Summit in October is far too expensive for most frontline workers.