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Crews fighting fire in high spirits
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.
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.
NZ is heading "off the track" on housing, child poverty and imprisonment despite dramatic gains on some other social indicators, a new report says.
Church leaders remind us that the message of Christmas goes beyond just words.
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
The Salvation Army is launching an urgent Christmas appeal today as demand for food parcels is expeced to soar.
Police are checking that people have a legitimate reason to be in quake-hit areas.
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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
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
The Salvation Army's annual stocktake on New Zealand's social health has earned high credibility. It owes this to its recognition of progress as well as problems.
A number of businesses have stepped in to help the Salvation Army after one of its centres was vandalised.
The Sallies are absolutely right to request that donations be pristine and new because there are some people in our community who are truly evil, Kerre writes.
Kiwi families searching for help this Christmas may be left with empty stockings for their kids if Kmart's Wishing Tree appeal falls short.
The Government has agreed to fund an extra 508 social housing units in Auckland in a surprise boost to previously announced policies.
Growing numbers of Kiwis risk becoming homeless in old age because of falling home ownership rates, rising rents and static housing subsidies, the Salvation Army says.
Salvation Army volunteers are bracing themselves for a bumper Christmas - of assistance to families facing a struggle to keep afloat through the season of goodwill.