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![Kiwi volunteers build new Salvation Army base in Tongan village in record time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Kiwi volunteers build new Salvation Army base in Tongan village in record time
Up to 15 volunteers from New Zealand travelled to Tonga for the project.
![Bad granny: Woman, 85, evicted from social housing for 'bullying' neighbours](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Bad granny: Woman, 85, evicted from social housing for 'bullying' neighbours
She verbally abused one and made repeated false accusations against others.
!['Stupid': Thief accidentally films his own vandalism of CCTV camera](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'Stupid': Thief accidentally films his own vandalism of CCTV camera
The 52-year-old admitted to police it was a 'stupid' move.
![Salvation Army to incorporate Māori to help set new strategic guidance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Salvation Army to incorporate Māori to help set new strategic guidance
The church is upping its strategic alliance with Māori.
![Struggle street: Rents double, swallowing incomes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Struggle street: Rents double, swallowing incomes
Support payments based on rent data about six years out of date.
![Homeless hotline needed after Remuera car death, MP says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Homeless hotline needed after Remuera car death, MP says
The service would be based on London's Streetlink initiative.
!['I wouldn't have been on this planet for much longer': Drink-driver with 40-year history claims sobriety](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'I wouldn't have been on this planet for much longer': Drink-driver with 40-year history claims sobriety
A repeat drink-driver claims to have ditched the booze and to be enjoying recovery.
![Kings and queens of philanthropy: NZ's billionaire benefactors and generous family dynasties](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Kings and queens of philanthropy: NZ's billionaire benefactors and generous family dynasties
Uber-rich families that gift are plentiful around Auckland.
![Dunedin rapist Dwayne Keats given indefinite sentence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Dunedin rapist Dwayne Keats given indefinite sentence
Keats was jailed for 15 years, but Court of Appeal says sentence manifestly inadequate.
![Families in motels brace for border reopening](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Families in motels brace for border reopening
Those in emergency housing want to know where they'll fit when tourists return.
!['If we carried on, we wouldn't last': Free food store to close](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'If we carried on, we wouldn't last': Free food store to close
Hundreds of people who got free food from Rotorua Whakaora will have to go elsewhere.
![Charity founders could end up on the streets as living costs rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Charity founders could end up on the streets as living costs rise
It comes as the annual inflation hit a 30-year high in December.
![Struggling families facing 'threefold poverty': social workers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Struggling families facing 'threefold poverty': social workers
The Salvation Army says planned benefit boosts must be brought forward.
![Charity, secondhand shops inundated with dumped rubbish during lockdown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Charity, secondhand shops inundated with dumped rubbish during lockdown
Secondhand stores across the country are getting inundated with rubbish.
!['Escalation of poverty' in pandemic linked to jobs, living costs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
'Escalation of poverty' in pandemic linked to jobs, living costs
'If we give up, say it's too hard, we are consigning a generation to the scrap heap.'
![Wild weather: Some flood workers do not know what kind of house they will return to](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Wild weather: Some flood workers do not know what kind of house they will return to
First responders who lost their homes in the Westport flood are still helping others.
![Calls for donations this winter - fresh produce specially welcome at Wellington Foodbank](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Calls for donations this winter - fresh produce specially welcome at Wellington Foodbank
The costs of heating a home in winter can drive more families to Foodbank services.
![Dinosaur man beats meth, declares war on litter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Dinosaur man beats meth, declares war on litter
Travis Takutai and his kids are raising rubbish clean-up awareness in Whangārei.
![Number of overcrowded, costly Queenstown rentals reaches pre-Covid-19 levels](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Number of overcrowded, costly Queenstown rentals reaches pre-Covid-19 levels
The average house price continues to rise in Queenstown.
![Police: Rising concern over crime in emergency housing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Police: Rising concern over crime in emergency housing
'Increased public unease about housing special needs persons and families in motels.'
![Rapist jailed for 15 years - Crown to appeal for longer sentence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=797)
Rapist jailed for 15 years - Crown to appeal for longer sentence
Crown argued preventive detention should be imposed; rapist sentenced to 15 years' jail.