'Bassinets for the rich:' $35m baby bonus windfall for wealthy
Calls for targeting of Best Start after $35m paid out to families on six-figure incomes.
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Working for Families: Lobby group says $2.8b scheme should be cut back in favour of tax cuts
The rising cost of accommodation, food and power continues to outstrip household income.
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Kiwi smokers reusing tobacco as prices soar and cigarette poverty spreads
"Smokers who relight cigarettes may be at higher risk of lung cancer."
Rotorua school overwhelmed by KidsCan support this winter
KidsCan supports students in 829 schools with breakfast, snacks, hot meals and clothing.
Principal - what barefoot kids really need is a home of their own
A further 60,000 jackets to be handed out to Kiwi kids.
Money Talks: Chlöe Swarbrick reveals why she's never had a credit card
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Melbourne-base Māori charity helping hundreds in need
Melbourne Tautoko Whānau is a charity helping to give a hand up to whānau during lockdown.
Kerre McIvor: A Budget for the faithful, but who will pay?
This week's budget was Labour's and Labour's alone
'Keeping an open mind': PM on border re-opening
Ardern talks borders, the Covid fund and the benefits boost in a post-Budget interview.
Ardern hits back at claims Budget not for jobs, middle New Zealand
"People from all walks of life often raise with me the issue of poverty," Ardern says.
Budget offers little for middle class, but PM is unrepentant
The Budget ticked off a number of Labour promises, but had little for workers.
Editorial: A very Labour Budget in a very unusual time
Grant Robertson's Budget won't please all, but the outlook is better than most expected.
Auckland Action Against Poverty invites PM Ardern to discuss benefit payments
The Auckland Action Against Poverty group invites PM Jacinda Ardern to meet with them and discuss a lift in benefit levels. Video / Supplied
Live blog: Budget updates and the best memes and tweets
The Government has just announced its new Budget — but what does it actually mean for you?
Solo mothers on the benefit talk of week-to-week struggle
Single parents hope this week's Budget will increase income support.
Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?
Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?
Liam Dann: Why Robertson won't match big-spending Aussies
Finance Minister needs to be prepared for backlash as he sticks to middle path on Budget.
Kerre McIvor: 'Surely we can feed the most vulnerable of our family'
Children who need the lunches most would never ask, because it's just another indignity.
Some parents still have reservations about free school lunches
A majority of South Auckland schools have been getting free lunches for one term now.
India Covid-19 appeal: 'We are in a race against time to prevent even more people dying'
Franklin Jones, who runs World Vision's response, says the crisis is devastating.
The 'motel generation': Nearly 4000 kids are living in motels
'There are babies now being born in motels. It breaks my heart.'
'Motel generation' feared as emergency housing need continues
Whānau struggling with rents are being bumped across emergency accommodation providers.
Local Focus: 'Everybody Eats' feeds bellies not bins
Behind the scenes of a slap-up meal with a difference. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Liam Dann: America is going to war on tax havens and it's going to change the world
Covid-19 and Joe Biden are driving the biggest change in global economics in 40 years.
House prices surging in Gisborne with many still living on street
Gisborne is struggling to find enough homes for its isolated population.
Bernie Smith: New Zealanders live in two different worlds
Levels of income support aren't enough and they're becoming even more insufficient.
The parallel pandemic: Heavy toll of Covid on our kids' mental health
Covid's impact on mental health, especially in youth, will outlive virus, experts say.
Frances Benge: Fighting hard for sick kids in turbulent times
Opinion: High living standards while our kids have poor health and wellbeing? Not okay.
The three issues New Zealanders are most worried about
Fifty per cent of poll respondents put protection against Covid at number one.
Claire Trevett: PM has left herself no room to fail on child poverty
OPINION: PM at a B- on child poverty, and Covid-19 may put a grade increase at risk.
Live: Child poverty slightly decreasing, but impacts not shared equally
Māori, Pasifika and households with disabled children lag behind in poverty measures.
Covid lockdown months not included in tomorrow's child poverty statistics
The annual measure takes into account the nine months until March 2020.
Support for increased income for low or non-waged
Poll of 40 agencies finds consistent backing for boosting income support to the needy.