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This is what friends are for
Foketi Purcell gave her longtime friend Brenda Sekona a car, a thank you for taking her and her family in when two years earlier they had nowhere else to go.
Foketi Purcell gave her longtime friend Brenda Sekona a car, a thank you for taking her and her family in when two years earlier they had nowhere else to go.
Warriors star James Gavet has been through a lot in his 27 years, on and off the football field. Now he's using his life experiences to help those in need.
Homeless people sleeping rough pose a visible challenge to all of us. The poor who camp in public places and beg in streets make themselves very visible.
Conservative lobby group blames "family malformation" - including parental breakups - as major culprit.
COMMENT: There's been far too much hysterical hanky wringing over the so-called problems of homelessness and poverty lately.
In 1993, New Zealand ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
COMMENT: It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why the Government isn't making election promises to those in need.
Nia Glassie and Moko Rangitoheriri were both beaten to death at the age of 3.
Mild weather has brought rough sleepers from all over NZ to Auckland, with the presence of extra homeless people resulting in more complaints about beggars.
A visiting British reading advocate says reading can help fight poverty.
For five years Syria has suffered through a civil war that has tortured its people and destroyed the country, writes World Vision's Chris Clarke. For five years too long children have witnessed things no one should ever see.
The world is full of opportunities to save money - if you just have enough money to access them.
The low hanging fruit in the debate about feeding hungry children must surely be reducing the waste of good food which is thrown away, writes Sam Judd.
The In Work Tax Credit fails children and is a policy that cannot be justified, writes Michael Timmins. Its operation is so complicated and ultimately punitive in that its costs outweigh any supposed benefits.
How many Kiwi kids are living in hardship? Far too many is the only answer that matters, write Brian Fallow.
The Salvation Army's annual stocktake on New Zealand's social health has earned high credibility. It owes this to its recognition of progress as well as problems.
A new report has given New Zealand one of the worst rankings in the developed world.
It's time for the fairness of good tax systems to help us build a better world - and the meeting in Davos offers a real opportunity to put this into action, writes Rachael Le Mesurier.
Kiwi children are suffering right now. Believe it, writes Lizzie Marvelly.
What has caused today's hard-heartedness? Three decades of neo-liberal politics has changed Kiwi outlooks, writes Martin Thrupp.
The self-plagiarist tries to take undeserved credit for the work as new and original when they know the material was derived from a previous source, writes Deborah Hill Cone.
There is misery, there is depravity and there is hopelessness, yes; but no poverty, writes Jamie Whyte.
Over the years, I've been privileged to gain insights from visiting schools on our literacy programme, which is now past its 21st birthday.
COMMENT: New Year is usually a time for making lists, so here are five things Steve Braunias wants to see in 2016.
All the measures of child poverty are pointing in the wrong direction, writes Susan St John.
A third of people in need of food parcels this Christmas are new, showing a "reflection of the child poverty stats".
The goal of a positive start for every child is achievable if we recognise its importance, support it, set our minds to it, writes Graeme MacCormick.
Again this year, I can say we are seeing the longest queues the City Mission has ever seen and that we will hand out the highest number of food parcels given to families, writes Dianne Robertson.