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![The $2b social housing cliff no one is talking about](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
The $2b social housing cliff no one is talking about
The social housing sector is blighted by a fiscal cliff that creates haves and have-nots.
![Cameron Bagrie: Major changes means it's time to slay dragons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Cameron Bagrie: Major changes means it's time to slay dragons
OPINION: The scale of a monstrous problem has become clearer of late.
![More than 40 Auckland boarding houses operating illegally](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
More than 40 Auckland boarding houses operating illegally
Issues include gang-affiliated guests, fire safety breaches, and challenging owners.
!['Take back Fenton St': New homeless motel plan revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Take back Fenton St': New homeless motel plan revealed
Four motels used for emergency housing are being cut.
!['Happens in mob movies': Juror given $120,000 cash bag in multi-million dollar fraud case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Happens in mob movies': Juror given $120,000 cash bag in multi-million dollar fraud case
Seven people were charged with stealing $40 million from a programme for hungry kids.
![Editorial: A strategic move in face of rising Chinese influence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Editorial: A strategic move in face of rising Chinese influence
OPINION: It's allegedly backed by a staggering $650m in funds from Australia's Government.
![Simon Wilson: The Budget promises that are destroying us](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Simon Wilson: The Budget promises that are destroying us
OPINION: Sugar hits for floating voters are holding back almost all meaningful progress.
!['Don't call police or we'll come back': Gangsters attack man in violent home invasion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Don't call police or we'll come back': Gangsters attack man in violent home invasion
Police later seized Daniel Natua's gang patch and gun cache after raiding his home.
![Vincent Ashworth made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to agriculture](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Vincent Ashworth made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to agriculture
Ashworth worked to improve farming practices in Ethiopia and Afghanistan.
![Advocates say those struggling to heat homes, feed kids left out in 'Budget of nothing'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Advocates say those struggling to heat homes, feed kids left out in 'Budget of nothing'
“I see nothing in this Budget for those on low incomes, all I see is cuts."
![John Tamihere: The big winners of next week's Budget are not Māori](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
John Tamihere: The big winners of next week's Budget are not Māori
OPINION: There's not much for Māori to celebrate in Budget 2024.
![Shane Te Pou: Will the Budget give young people a reason to stay in NZ?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Shane Te Pou: Will the Budget give young people a reason to stay in NZ?
OPINION: More than 1000 Kiwis a week are packing their bags. Who can blame them?
!['Struggling': Poverty worst in 60 years says school principal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Struggling': Poverty worst in 60 years says school principal
"We were poor. We didn’t have anything, but we were never poverty-stricken."
![Budget 2024: Can Govt deliver its tax cut promise without borrowing?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Budget 2024: Can Govt deliver its tax cut promise without borrowing?
The coalition Government’s first Budget is out on May 30.
![What the Kāinga Ora report means for Rotorua and the hundreds of planned home builds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
What the Kāinga Ora report means for Rotorua and the hundreds of planned home builds
There are at least 330 new Kāinga Ora homes budgeted for the city by mid-2025.
![Five things to know about KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Five things to know about KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals
So what do you need to know if you're eyeing your KiwiSaver to tide you over a tough time?
![Opinion: Children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Opinion: Children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt
OPINION: Ditching free flu vaccines will likely wipe out the recent gains in uptake.
![Letters: Why can't capable, keen workers find jobs?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Letters: Why can't capable, keen workers find jobs?
OPINION: 'She has been spending hours every day seeking employment with no joy.'
![Editorial: More needed to prevent another Loafers Lodge tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Editorial: More needed to prevent another Loafers Lodge tragedy
OPINION: Are Wellington's homeless living in safer accommodation one year on?
![More people ‘drowning in debt’ as cost of living crisis bites](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
More people ‘drowning in debt’ as cost of living crisis bites
While incomes increased last year, they were "cancelled out" by the cost of living crisis.
![My experience on the DPB was not a pleasant one - Carmel Sepuloni](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
My experience on the DPB was not a pleasant one - Carmel Sepuloni
OPINION: Labour's deputy leader calls out Louise Upston over social welfare comments.