Funding for housing and addressing child poverty a good start some say, but more is needed

Beegee to his friends, Dad and Granddad to his family, now he can be called Sir.

A man sentenced to home detention for bashing his baby boy is back behind bars.

Pipiriki boat-ramp kept open by locals during flood. Made with funding from NZ On Air

A neighbourhood project is paying dividends. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Flaxmere elder gets QSM in New Year Honours List.

A Napier dance stalwart was surprised to be named in this year's New Year Honours list.

Former MP gets gong

Man died in workplace accident after time off to recover from road-rage injury.

Man wants to appeal community work sentence for beating up stepdaughter's rapist.

A father has been sentenced to home detention for abusing his daughter for two years.

Hawke's Bay company donates shade sail following theft. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Matamata residents look back on their memories of the Matamata Memorial Centre which is set to be demolished at the end of the month making way for a new multi-purpose facility. - Made with funding from NZ On Air.

It may be the digital age but libraries are coming to a street near you, and they need your books. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.

Residents in Otorohanga are coming together to get through the tough economic times. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

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Around 100 athletic Whanganui Santas have staged a fun run in support of charity Kidscan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Community spirit is alive and well in Whanganui with parents and bike enthusiasts working together to build a huge new bike park for the kids. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

When Edendale, Southland, local Lois Heads had to decline involvement in another community service, she cried.

Hayden Smith and Ben Harris have been removing rubbish from the Waitemata Harbour for over 12 years, writes Sam Judd. Rain or shine, they are out there.

Whanganui's Kathy Parnell did her first volunteer stint aged 8 at a St John fair.

Community Spirit Makareta Tino (Ngapuhi), known as "Nan" to many in the West Auckland community, has spent a lifetime welcoming and guiding those around her.

Not many principals would give consent for diggers to tear up their school grounds for a fun run. Yet when the organising committee of parents at Arahoe School suggested staging a mud run and obstacle course within the school grounds, principal Richard Li

When the charity her business was supporting kept emailing to ask who she was, Sarah Townsend knew it was time to make some changes.

Wriggling toddlers will meet their match when Kidz First Clendon Community Clinic nurses get the best seat in the house.

Mountaineer Graeme Dingle's youth charity is branching out from its original outdoors focus to try to connect school-leavers with employers and jobs.

New Zealand insurance companies need to focus on the individual needs of the community and think long term, says Wayne Besant.

Christchurch's Student Volunteer Army has adapted its mandate from providing quake relief to a more long-term community service model.