Nearly half of all New Zealanders say they have not enough or just enough to live on.

Did you go and occupy Aotea Square?

After motorbiking round the world and saving Happy Feet, economist Gareth Morgan wants to revolutionise our tax and welfare system. Andrew Laxon asks him why.

Despite the Pacific's reputation as a region of beaches and abundance, there is no place further from the internationally agreed poverty reduction targets.

Why is the idea of helping poor children so difficult to sell in a country with a supposed 'socialist streak'?