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.

Nobody wins unless everybody wins. It's a phrase on a post it that's been stuck to my computer monitor for weeks.

The disease has begun to infect residents of the capital's densely populated tent cities, where more than a million people are still living.

Following reports of Australian charities paying for homeless Kiwis to fly home, a down-on-her-luck NZer in Melbourne tells her story.

India has slipped three places to 87th spot on an international Corruption Perception Index.

The athletes have performed, the medals have been dished out but the locals are still wondering if it was all worth it.

In an area where dropouts are the norm a school is making dreams of a higher education come true.

It hits your nostrils first - the pungent smell of rotting fruit, mashed dog faeces and mounting rubbish by the roadside.

The world has seen major improvements in key areas like literacy, access to clean water and infant mortality, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Barry Coates writes that the Pacific is falling behind in the fight against poverty.

The chances of meeting any of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals seem remote.

Critics say the entry cost of $2295 plus GST for the two-day Child Poverty NZ Summit in October is far too expensive for most frontline workers.