Paula Bennett has attacked the integrity of a solo mother who is asking for $15,000 to settle a privacy complaint against the minister.

Tapu Misa writes that the growing divide between rich and poor makes solidarity and a sense of community more difficult.

Anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune, imprisoned in Japan, believes he will be found guilty and fears a lengthy jail sentence.

When two brothers come to inhabit the same high-profile worlds - in politics, sport, media or music - it is hard not to wonder how they stay neutral.

The number of known leaking schools is now 145, double the estimate in September last year. The worst will benefit from $82 million allocated in the Budget for remedial work in the next year.

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