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NZ ranked 158th of 165 on child rights
A European advocacy group has ranked NZ 158th out of 165 nations on children's rights.
A European advocacy group has ranked NZ 158th out of 165 nations on children's rights.
Activists attempted to break through police lines to where Bill English is speaking.
Single parent Suzanne Cannell explains how her business was motivated through hardship.
The Government has refused to support a new free advocacy service for the poor.
More than 620,000 Kiwis live below the poverty line and most are adults.
Warning for parents amid cases of children being left alone: 'We're not a daycare.'
The Salvation Army is slamming the county’s poverty levels saying that all of the onus shouldn’t just fall onto them and that everyone has a part to play.
Crackdown on forced marriages: "It's hell on Earth for some of them."
North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners.
COMMENT: Don't panic, housing bubble hasn't popped. But it has released a bit of hot air.
About one in six Kiwis live with a respiratory illness and the number is increasing.
Madison Strempek, 12, talks about what it's like having a parent in prison.
NZ Herald Focus discusses the struggles of the people in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
COMMENT: Alex Waimora is from the Solomon Islands but has been living in NZ for four years.
Countdown is discounting sanitary items for two weeks to encourage donations to women in need
First impressions are of an idyllic paradise. But it soon becomes obvious that this village is living barely one step ahead of hand to mouth
Leaving home is the only option for many as the atoll faces the same fate as five islands that have already disappeared.
A teen's recovery from a second bout of TB is rare bright spot in battle to rein in the disease.
Each day we report on a particular problem for the Pacific, showcasing how World Vision has helped. Today, fishing to survive.
Clarke Gayford and Mike Scott visit isolated communities in Papua New Guinea as part of a World Vision fundraiser and find scenes straight out of a horror movie.
The people of Rarata village in the Solomon Islands were walking up to 7km every day to quench their thirst.
Just one thing going wrong had a devastating effect on an entire village in Papua New Guinea.
The Herald's latest appeal with World Vision will help our Pacific neighbours.
Candidate and MP to help raise funds and awareness for Tauranga Women's Refuge
COMMENT: Sometimes, the simplest of statements can touch hearts and change lives, writes Cathy Casey.
The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks out about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Taika Waititi says he is "really happy and proud" to be chosen as New Zealander of the Year.
Treatment of autistic man Ashley Peacock raised in Amnesty International report on human rights concerns.
COMMENT: The mayors of New Zealand's three most impoverished districts have asked the Prime Minister to establish "demarcation zones".
More than 2800 needy children are already being sponsored by the charity Variety's Kiwi Kids scheme, launched in 2013, and a further 600 are on its waiting list.