Funeral for schoolboy today
A Wairarapa school will be closed for its first day of term today so its pupils can attend the funeral of a 10-year-old schoolmate killed in a quad bike crash.
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Religious man fakes gay for a year
A conservative Christian lived an an 'undercover' gay man for a year, after his beliefs were challenged. So what did he discover?
MP seeks big adoption changes
A Green MP says his bill to reform adoption law is much broader than gay adoption and will provide a much needed overhaul, including open adoptions.
Kahui advice ignored
A key recommendation in the landmark coroner's finding into the Kahui twins' deaths has been ignored by the Government in its child abuse white paper.
Govt to track at-risk kids
A database of about 30,000 "at risk" children is to be created and accessed by government workers without parental knowledge as part of an overhaul of laws tackling child cruelty.
White Paper misses opportunity
The proposed new multi-agency plans for each child, backed by an IT system accessible by all agencies, should have been set up years ago, writes Simon Collins.
Cut super to save at-risk kids plea
Two of New Zealand's top children's doctors are proposing an increase in the state pension age to pay for more services to stop child abuse.
Catriona MacLennan: Employment is the best solution
Successive governments have failed utterly to deal with child poverty but now is the perfect time for local Auckland communities to work together, writes Catriona MacLennan.
Editorial: Child custody cash rethink
If child-support payments were made directly to the household, not the state, non-custodial parents would be more likely to meet their responsibilities.
Jonathan Boston: Three myths about child poverty
Jonathan Boston exposes three popular 'myths' about the current levels of child poverty in New Zealand, including that it is all the fault of the parents involved.
Govt eyes school-food aid
Food programmes for hungry Kiwi schoolchildren may soon get a boost from the Government to top off an overwhelming public response to recent media appeals.
Hunger striker hopes to meet Bennett
Disabled hunger striker Sam Kuha is hoping to meet Social Development Minister Paula Bennett in Auckland tomorrow.
Tapu Misa: Still searching for right way to help poor kids
Good teachers matter, but the problem with conflating education and poverty is that the focus can narrow unhelpfully on one piece of the puzzle, writes Tapu Misa.
1400 Kiwis try poverty for a week
More than 1400 New Zealanders attempted to make do with only $2.25 worth of food and drink for each of five days.
Rise in assaults during Cup
Sexual assaults by players and supporters in last year's Rugby World Cup helped set a new record for assaults on women reported to an Auckland sexual abuse service.
$1 meals boost kids' health
A Putaruru school serving up compulsory breakfasts and hot lunches for just $1 a meal says the benefits are showing in students' dental records.
Gareth Morgan: Benefit tightening won't reduce unemployment
Gareth Morgan says the Social Security Amendment Bill could be the "most irrelevant sideshow" in the circus that is tighter targeting of social benefits.
Benefit tests only for the most at risk
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has admitted the Government does not have the resources to test all beneficiaries under tough new welfare reforms.
Paula Bennett: Not all kids need pre-school
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says she believes some parents do not need to enrol their children in early childhood education - but concedes her welfare reforms will force beneficiaries to do just that.