Glen Innes mum of six talks about the struggle of raising six kids on $250 a week.

Children from disadvantaged households are more likely to hit puberty early.

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.

Teachers are being kicked, punched and stabbed by children of P-addicted mothers.

A joint effort by Herald and World Vision fundraising campaign sees them make $200,000.

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

Some 60 per cent of Papua New Guinea's population live in areas where malaria is endemic.

A Kiwi scientist meeting in Brazil with world climate experts discusses a new report assessing what an extra 1.5C of warming would mean for the planet.

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.

Just one thing going wrong had a devastating effect on an entire village in Papua New Guinea.

The people of Rarata village in the Solomon Islands were walking up to 7km every day to quench their thirst.

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.