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Children's new advocate has proud record of cutting abuse
Brains behind successful Hawkes Bay scheme given chance to put ideas into practice nationwide.
Tapu Misa: Govt foolish to sniff around school nursing for savings
Think of preventive health care as the condom that most governments don't want to wear.
Past still present for African Americans
When Confederate forces fired the first shots at Fort Sumter on April 12, 150 years ago, triggering the American Civil War, almost four million African Americans were slaves.
Anzac forces in Timor for a long time to come
A foreign security presence may need to remain in East Timor and the Solomons for longer than expected.
Garth George: Courage needed to dig us out of worsening mire
Commitment and some sacrifices only way to fix growing social and economic problems.
Starving boy eats roach
Welfare agencies alarmed at extreme lengths some people go to just to eat. One desperate case of a Bay of Plenty child and his three siblings has been offered as a stark example of the degree of poverty in our communities.
Govt rules out cutting the dole
The Government won't consider reductions to main benefit levels including the sickness, invalid's, unemployment and domestic purposes benefits as part of any welfare overhaul recommended by the Welfare Working Group tomorrow.
Bombshell on way for beneficiaries
About 300,000 welfare beneficiaries who are judged capable of work will face a day of reckoning tomorrow with the release of a report.
Key 'disconnected' from average Kiwis - homeless coalition
John Key has been accused of being disconnected after saying that beneficiaries who resort to food banks do so out of their own "poor choices".
Food parcel families made poor choices, says Key
John Key says beneficiaries who resort to food banks do so out of their own "poor choices" rather than because they cannot afford food.
Harawira hits back at suspension
Maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira says he is "hugely disappointed" by the decision to suspend him from caucus, saying it showed "complete disregard" for the complaint process two days out from a disciplinary committee meeting.
Faith in Harawira lost - caucus
Rogue MP Hone Harawira has been suspended from the Maori Party for what its leadership describes as a five year legacy of ill discipline.
Reverse pub crawl set for April
A pub tenant is being sought for Auckland's historic Birdcage Tavern near Victoria Park.
UN 'staggered' by NZ's infant mortality rates
The UN has expressed concern over shortfalls in the rights of NZ children, including "staggering" infant and child mortality rates, and a lack representation for children in legislation. It questions why NZ does not have a department of
<i>Haiti one year on:</i> Neglect turns disaster to tragedy
A New Zealander gives a harrowing account of how Haiti's nightmare is continuing.
Many struggle to put food on table post-Christmas - Sallies
The Salvation Army says it is seeing an increase in the number of people unable to put food on the table, having spent all their money during Christmas.
<i>Noelle McCarthy:</i> So many reasons for social inequity, so few questioning it
Nobody wins unless everybody wins. It's a phrase on a post it that's been stuck to my computer monitor for weeks.