Thousands of dollars of sanitary products have been donated to charity ahead of a two-week campaign by Countdown.

The supermarket chain allocated $100,000 to food rescue charities as well as giving one organisation a one off $25,000 donation.

Countdown is discounting sanitary items for two weeks to encourage donations to women in need

The Sundaise Festival in Waihi has been flooded out.

For every sanitary product bought by a company, another will be given to a high school for free.

Taika Waititi says he is "really happy and proud" to be chosen as New Zealander of the Year.

Sophia Nash, ex of radio jock Thane Kirby, is accused of stealing a $20 bag from the op shop she worked at in Mt Eden.

Pharmac is considering funding women's hygiene products as the cost leaves some resorting to rags and old clothing as an alternative. The

It's a long, hot slog fighting a fire as big and complex as the one in the Hawke's Bay in the blazing heat. But it's also satisfying work.

The Salvation Army says a gift appeal is further behind its target than at any other point in the appeal's 23 year history.

The Salvation Army would not sell Buddha statues - or icons of other religions - in its charity shops.

More than 200 schools took part in this year's Wattie's Cans for Good Campaign.

Circle_see_more_DP.epsVOLUNTEER: Reporter Kyra Dawson spends time helping out at the Salvation Army Foodbank. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

The Salvation Army has released a report with several recommendations to Corrections to reduce re-offending and help ex-prisoners re-enter society.

For a year Lee Nearne, her husband Andy (not their real names) and their three sons, two of whom are special needs, lived in a garage

Calls to mental health helplines have spiked since the Kaikoura Earthquake.

It was an experience Trish Wilson (not her real name) and her six-year-old daughter Sarah never want to repeat: sleeping in the cold

The Salvation Army is launching an urgent Christmas appeal today as demand for food parcels is expeced to soar.

The Government will buy up to three more motels and construct modular housing as part of a new $300 million investment in emergency housing.

Bay homes are earning almost $80 a day more than the average worker, as Rotorua house prices play "catch up" with other parts of the

The Government appears certain to miss its target of cutting reoffending in New Zealand by next year.

Salvation Army recommends tightening immigration rules further beyond last week's Government decisions to raise the point system.

Budgeting agencies are "in shock" after a radical shakeup which has ended state funding for a third of all previously funded budget

The NZ Herald is today raising awareness of the struggles of thousands of homeless Kiwis.

Salvation Army representatives hope to meet with Whanganui District Council staff to discuss a proposed joint venture for pensioner

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

The streets are no place to sleep after a long day at work, especially in winter's depths. But for some New Zealanders, a freezing

Labour's new emergency housing promise is a vast improvement on its last effort.

More people seek help for problem drinking in the three months following Dry July, the Salvation Army says. Dry July is a campaign