Beggars who are considered intimidating or to be causing a nuisance will be banned from Auckland's streets under a bylaw passed by Auckland Council.

Squeegee bandits, those pesky people who clean car windscreens at busy intersections are alive and well on the streets of Auckland.

"Be content with what you have". That's just one of the slogans on a mural at the Cannons Creek Four Square.

Richard Balcombe-Langridge, like many people, quite likes Bentleys. He's a fan of the Rolls Royce, too.

Just over half of voters support extending Working for Families in-work tax credits of at least $60 a week to beneficiaries.

We don't really see the street. Most of us don't even look. Kids look, as I'm about to find out, but we adults, most of us walk on by, our attention fixed on anything other than that dude over there

When did this country become so mean? Did it begin in the 1980s, when greed became good and success became more about what you had than the sort of person you were?

About one in six Australians cannot afford to rent a home, with young families - especially single parents with children - among the worst affected, new reports show.

Making begging an offence at law counters many years of positive action by Auckland City Council and will serve only to criminalise beggars. writes Cathy Casey.

A crackdown on beggars in Auckland has the support of police, who believe it could reduce crime and anti-social behaviour.

A Whangarei grandmother has slammed Child, Youth and Family (CYF) for dumping her two young nephews at her doorstep without providing enough money to look after them.

The number of international child abduction cases before New Zealand courts is soaring, as the cost of court action forces desperate parents to go on the run.

Paul Little says the rage with which commentators reacted to the KickStart breakfast programme provided delectable examples of hysteria.

Why stop at giving kids breakfast, when there are bigger issues - like getting them through the school gate, writes Dita De Boni

The KidsCan charity plans to use money from the child poverty plan announced this week to plug holes in health services.

Mana leader Hone Harawira will seek talks with the Maori Party about his Feed the Kids bill.

Kiwi Helen Steemson saw Sri Lanka up close when she joined Habitat for Humanity.

Income-related rental subsidies look set to be extended in tomorrow's Budget to tenants in community-owned housing.

Tomorrow's Budget will contain practical measures to tackle poverty, says Finance Minister Bill English.

The number of hungry people seeking food at night in my diocese has doubled in the past two months, writes Bishop Denis Browne.

Ben Affleck is planning to live on $1.50 a day.