Brains behind successful Hawkes Bay scheme given chance to put ideas into practice nationwide.

A new Govt package will give subsidies to employers who agree to train a young person and give them a permanent job.

Child abuse complaints have more than tripled in Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo in the past five years.

New Zealand's biggest benefit fraudster, is accusing authorities of 'legalised theft'.

A 14-month-old girl has died at the hands of her mother, who was seeking help for substance abuse.

Welfare agencies alarmed at extreme lengths some people go to just to eat. One desperate case of a Bay of Plenty child and his three siblings has been offered as a stark example of the degree of poverty in our communities.

Thousands of households could lose their eligibility for Working for Families tax credits from tomorrow, but companies and beneficiaries stand to gain as a raft of regulatory changes across government departments kicks in.

The Government's "it's not okay" campaign may be axed to free up funding for the new Whanau Ora programme.

Applications for financial support following last week's deadly Christchurch quake are flooding in.

Overwhelming offers of help for Christchurch are impeding the systems of non-government organisations trying to help there, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett.

The police officer who misled officials over the number of unresolved child abuse cases in the Wairarapa has since been promoted.