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James Gavet - a Warrior among men

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.

Editorial: Homeless pose a test of our humanity

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.

Cartoon: Quick fix that fixes nothing

Divorce 'to blame for child poverty'

Conservative lobby group blames "family malformation" - including parental breakups - as major culprit.

Paul Little: Keep calm and have another Bluffie

COMMENT: There's been far too much hysterical hanky wringing over the so-called problems of homelessness and poverty lately.

Wills: We must house vulnerable children

In 1993, New Zealand ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Marvelly: Election promises ignore those in need

COMMENT: It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why the Government isn't making election promises to those in need.

The short, tragic lives of Nia and Moko

Nia Glassie and Moko Rangitoheriri were both beaten to death at the age of 3.

Editorial: Stocktake by Sallies shows NZ improving

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.

Poverty causing kids to fall behind

A new report has given New Zealand one of the worst rankings in the developed world.

Jenesa Jeram: Truth on poverty lies amid wealth of statistics

There is no poverty in New Zealand because the poor are not living in slums. Some people in so-called poverty even have cars and ovens, writes Jenesa Jeram.

Unequal cities are more expensive for the poor

It's not necessarily surprising - or even a bad thing - that dynamic cities like Washington have higher income inequality than the national average.

Rachael Le Mesurier: Rich/poor gap has risen dramatically

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.

Lizzie Marvelly: What do we do about child poverty?

Kiwi children are suffering right now. Believe it, writes Lizzie Marvelly.

Why has NZ become so hard-hearted?

What has caused today's hard-heartedness? Three decades of neo-liberal politics has changed Kiwi outlooks, writes Martin Thrupp.

Deborah Hill Cone: Self-plagiarism hides poverty of ideas

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.