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Emma Priest: Why ‘getting tough on crime’ doesn’t work
Scaremongering in an election year is sadly predictable.
Mum throws out mattress, furniture with mould but rental passes Healthy Homes inspection
Solo mum dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection.
Jarrod Gilbert: Why NZ's gangs are unique
OPINION: There's an interesting history behind the high visibility of NZ gangs.
Charities and families under pressure to put food on the table
Northland foodbanks and families under pressure as food prices continue to rise.
Worst youth justice system not seen yet – Chief Children’s Commissioner
Violence inside youth justice residences reaffirms the need for a system reset.
Green Party looking to snare Labour's disaffected voters
Green Party members are assembling for their AGM in Auckland this weekend.
'Freeloaders can bugger off': Merepeka Raukawa-Tait to stand for Parliament
She also took a swipe at people walking around with “their bloody pyjamas on”.
Boys in Oranga Tamariki care made to ‘fight until they dropped’
More claims of violence at an Oranga Tamariki youth justice facility have come to light.
Housing should be a human right - commissioner
Report finds too many people are still living in cold, damp and mouldy homes.
Brooke van Velden: Race criteria for health waitlists 'mindboggling'
Opinion: Government's ethnic waitlist factor papers over cracks of healthcare failures.
'Close to the breadline': Couple's Kiwi pension clipped due to time spent in UK
Couple argue deduction of UK pension is discrimination against immigrants in New Zealand.
'They got KFC and McDonald's': Oranga Tamariki reveal how they ended stand-off
Five youths on the roof of an Oranga Tamariki facility came down late last night.
French rioters target mayor’s home during fifth night of unrest
However, overall violence appears to have lessened compared to previous nights.
Premium Debate: Banning disposable vapes 'a good start'
Opinion: Premium subscribers have their say.
End in sight for drawn out 'squatter camp' saga
Whangārei District Council moves in to clean up camp on public land at Onerahi.
Denis O’Reilly: Why Damien Kuru's manslaughter conviction troubles me
Opinion: Other Kiwis may be troubled too if they could see past characterisation of Kuru.
Suspended Oranga Tamariki staff still paid two years after child facility closed
Child protection agency closed 10-bed Te Oranga care and protection house in June 2021.
'My door is always open': Iwi chairman invites Julian Batchelor to public co-governance discussion
"When you come to Ngāti Kahungunu, come in through the waharoa, the front gate."
Ram-raided vape store owner fears new rules will create 'black market'
Another says people are "panic-buying" ahead of the policy changes.
Matt Heath: Is this the most divisive election year?
OPINION: New Zealanders are hating each other more and more in Parliament.
Nats' plan for harsher sentences welcomed by victims advocate
Labour says it will see more people imprisoned for longer, costing millions.
Jarrod Gilbert: Why police don't interrupt gang processions at funerals
OPINION: The only outcomes they are looking for are votes.
Invercargill mayor backs Stop Co-Governance Tour, police hogwash claims of people buying guns
About 80 people attended the meeting on Saturday night.
Labour says National's plan to put more people in prison will cost millions
National wants harsher sentences and to end Labour's push to reduce prison population.
Four youths brought down from roof of Oranga Tamariki facility
A group of youths have been on the roof of an Oranga Tamariki facility since yesterday.
The silence of the wolves: Where's the response to the Greens' poverty plan?
Why such a deafening silence in the wake of the Greens' new tax policy?
Students want strikes to end: 'We are calling for our right to education'
“While you battle over pay and conditions, students are being sent home."
‘It’s hard for parents to accept their children as fa’afafine’
Steva Auina knows all the challenges of being a fa'afafine in high school.
Opinion: Social housing a priority for Kāinga Ora
You don’t have to look far to find someone who got their start in state housing.
Non-binary actors make history at Tony Awards
J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell both won Tonys for acting.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Ending poverty requires serious Govt approach
Kaumatua need affordable housing and healthcare, and sufficient income.
Is Labour really soft on crime? The numbers reveal a surprising story
The Herald has analysed decades of data to see how crime has changed in Aotearoa.
‘They’ll still find a way’: Fog cannons, bollards no match for thieves
Business owners want better crime solutions than current deterrents that aren't working.