OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Hard times behind the averagesWherever you draw the line, too many children are going without, writes Brian Fallow.20 Aug 09:24 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: One answer for two city problemsWhy don't Auckland councillors jump on a bus and take a study trip south to the People's Project's Garden Place headquarters in Hamilton, asks Brian Rudman.13 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandMore than 300,000 Kiwi kids now in relative povertyThe number of Kiwi children in relative poverty has jumped over 300,000 for the first time since 2010 - but it's because of record inequality, despite falling absolute hardship.13 Aug 05:30 AM
OpinionPaul Charman: Maggie Barry should visit southern islandsI'd like to see the Conservation Minister visit the sub-Antarctic region, perhaps for her Christmas holidays, writes Paul Charman.07 Aug 04:31 AM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Housing the homeless - let's get seriousForget the hikoi and library training, the answer the council needs is in Utah - and it's quite straightforward, writes Brian Rudman.06 Aug 09:30 PM
New ZealandReport shows need for social housingFor one 17-year-old living rough on West Auckland streets, snuggling up to her boyfriend was the one way she kept warm at night.02 Aug 05:00 PM
EnergyMeridian's poverty project up for awardsMeridian Energy has joined with charity KidsCan to raise awareness of child poverty in NZ and help to provide food, clothing and basic healthcare.29 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Affordable housing must be a priorityMills Lane at the back of the Herald building has offered the unmistakable stink of urine and a ledge of ramshackle cardboard beds where some of the city's homeless sleep.03 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionVicki Carpenter: Shameful many kids still taught in mouldy classroomsVicki Carpenter asks what the boards of two dilapidated schools have been doing about basic maintenance.24 Jun 09:27 PM
EconomyLower global inequality defies Piketty's dark visionAssistant professor of finance Noah Smith believes the economic doomsayers are jumping the gun.20 Jun 12:00 AM
New ZealandAucklanders sleeping roughRecord numbers of people are sleeping rough or in cars as Auckland's desperate housing shortage makes life harder than ever for those at the bottom.15 Jun 09:34 PM
New ZealandControversial? I'll be the judge of thatTrailblazing legal crusader Dame Silvia Cartwright speaks candidly to David Fisher about longer jail sentences, child poverty and the strain of being Governor-General.12 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Lifting children out of povertyIf we want to resist the trends dividing New Zealanders into the haves and the never-wills, the OECD has some policy suggestions the Government could take on board.11 Jun 05:30 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: 'Warm homes' rhetoric cold comfort for tenantsJust over two years ago, Housing Minister Nick Smith announced that "this year" the Government was developing a housing warrant of fitness, writes Brian Rudman.09 Jun 09:57 PM
OpinionPeter Calder: Cold, harsh truth for so many kidsYou'd be surprised just how hard it is to find a family willing to let a Herald writer snoop around their home and ask all sorts of intrusive questions about their substandard living conditions, writes Peter Calder.09 Jun 09:30 PM
New ZealandPoster child Darcy glad to do his bit"It makes me feel happy." Darcy Rakete, the poster boy for the Jammies in June fundraiser, is glad to help others less fortunate than him.06 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandStudents lead charge in collecting PJs for kidsBroadcaster Wendy Petrie has joined the campaign to get warm pyjamas on needy kids this winter.30 May 05:00 PM
OpinionGovt's compassionate conservatism a cynical ployNot only will the benefit boost do little to alleviate poverty, but it is accompanied by cuts to other associated benefits and payments, writes Dita De Boni27 May 09:33 PM
OpinionChild poverty fight needs planThe Government recognised in last week's Budget that the gap between market and benefit incomes has become too wide.27 May 05:00 PM
OpinionHerald on Sunday editorial: Let's give these kids a pair of pyjamasChild poverty figures can be hard to believe. The very word poverty hardly seems appropriate for a country with New Zealand's welfare net.23 May 05:00 PM
OpinionAaron Quintal: Child poverty unexpected focus of BudgetCould business have expected more from a Budget labelled by Finance Minister Bill English as "a plan that's working"?21 May 09:30 PM
OpinionDita De Boni: Let's give dispossessed a chance to dreamAfter some confusion about Whanau Ora, Dita De Boni visited a provider to better understand the initiative.20 May 05:00 PM
BusinessPoverty likely to slip down priority listFinance Minister Bill English says there will be no new initiatives to address poverty in tomorrow's Budget New Zealand - despite the Prime Minister suggesting otherwise last month.19 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandGroups urge child poverty focusThe petition comes as the Salvation Army said it fed 9.5 per cent more people last year in its Midland region than it did in the year before.04 May 05:00 PM
WorldBaltimore's toxic legacyThe house where Freddie Gray's life changed forever sits at the end of a long line of abandoned row homes in one of this city's poorest neighbourhoods.01 May 05:00 PM
OpinionStephen Howie: Kiwis need to shout out on child povertyReturning home to New Zealand after more than 10 years away I find a country both hearteningly buoyant and unsettlingly fragile. Let me explain - the view of one returning son.01 May 04:12 AM
New ZealandCalls to reduce child povertyThe conservative Maxim Institute think-tank has joined the call for official targets to reduce child poverty.30 Mar 04:00 PM
Freight and logisticsKiwi retailers shocked at slavery claimsPopular pet food brands sold in New Zealand have been caught up in disturbing claims of slavery on the high seas.26 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandMum can't afford medicineAn 8-year-old Manurewa boy is one of 11,000 disabled children to lose a welfare benefit, even though his asthma is so bad that he missed one in every four school days.19 Mar 06:08 AM
New ZealandFull tums help the sumsWith more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.28 Feb 04:00 PM
EconomyWealthy wall themselves offThere's growing economic segregation across the USA - wealth is concentrating in areas just as poverty does.25 Feb 11:00 PM
