'Father of the streets': Homeless man gives up everything he has to kids charity
He apologised saying he didn't have much to offer - then donated everything he had.
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Inside new 'prison cell' emergency housing units
Nine emergency housing units originally dubbed "prison cells" to open in West Auckland.
Shameful secret surrounding glamorous suburb
Just a few blocks away from luxury homes people are suffering in squalor.
Comment: Nimbys should not knock state houses
State housing gives poor a secure base to build successful lives, writes Dara McNaught.
Paul Little: Not so great expectations
COMMENT: If the council treated people fairly, how would poor people know their place?
Kerre McIvor: People on $100k are not poor
COMMENT: In my late twenties, I learned what it was like to live hand to mouth.
Why poverty is rising faster in suburbs than in cities
Why poverty is rising faster in suburbs than in cities.
Editorial: Not so simple for Simon to bridge the gap
Time to check what odds you can on Judith Collins leading National sometime late 2019.
Hosking lacks compassion: Budgeting boss
Darryl Evans from Budgeting and Family Support Services takes aim at Mike Hosking.
Working poor: '4 out of 10 families in poverty have jobs'
Rising rental prices are forcing more working families into poverty, support groups say.
Where's the money for Māori, Jacinda?
Prime Minister Ardern has a lot to live up to in regard to this negative Māori budget.
Mixed reaction to social welfare plans
Moves to tackle child poverty welcomed, but advocates say beneficiaries let down.
Relief for KidsCan with more funds on the way
After an anxious wait, KidsCan has learned it will be funded for another 12 months.
Budget a good start but more needed to fix twin plagues, say Sallies and Union
Funding for housing and addressing child poverty a good start some say, but more is needed
Government is failing beneficiaries, advocates say
Spending on police and no changes to benefit sanctions have been criticised by advocates
Mixed response for fund for vulnerable youth
Efforts to tackle child poverty in this year's Budget have been met with mixed responses.
Budget 2018: $7.9 million to establish Child Poverty Unit
Two new child poverty reduction units are being established to combat the social issue.
What I'm looking for in today's Budget
What should and could be in today's Budget - three views.
Jay Kuten: Lack of money means lack of freedom
Good advice for middle-class, well-off Kiwis, but what about those in struggle street?
Poverty link to kids' mental health
Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft says some Kiwi kids are in a worse position.
Demand for food in schools surges as winter expenses bite
Until we fix housing, the cost of living and raise wages, KidsCan will be needed, CEO says
Josie Pagani: Some kids may go hungry under Budget
COMMENT: Labour has not very much to spend in next week's Budget.
Child poverty bill a 'game-changer'
Children's Commissioner calls child poverty bill a "once-in-a-lifetime chance".
Offer to help homeless rejected because house 'too old'
Offer to help homeless rejected because the house was built before 2000.
Dental decay in Kiwi kids 'disease of poverty'
Most of thousands of under-12s needing rotting teeth pulled from poorer families - experts
Rachel Rose: Climate change campaigner can do the maths
Bill McKibben is in NZ to talk about taking on business interests over climate change.
Pop-up restaurant serving sole food to the needy
Charitable pop-up restaurant offering footwear as well as food
Safe sleeping message urgent for Whanganui
The city continues to have highest rate in NZ of unexpected baby deaths.
Housing NZers biggest concern: survey
More than 40 per cent of Kiwis are concerned about housing, a new survey has found.
Ardern and Bridges seek consensus on child poverty
The Children's Commissioner welcomed the meeting, saying consensus was needed.
Hawkesby: The alarming rise of the working poor
COMMENT: People having to choose to pay rent over buying food is heartbreaking.
Poverty still disadvantaging too many kids
EDITORIAL: After years of reports and investigations, is anything actually changing?
Kids in poorest areas three times more likely to die - report
Medical conditions, unintentional injury, intentional injury and SUDI were analysed.
100k Kiwi kids living in severe poverty
Demand from families today is worse than during the recession - Salvation Army