The causes of increased poverty, and the growth of school food programmes go back to National's big benefit cuts of 1991.

More than 100 Herald readers have signed up to pay $15 a month to sponsor hungry children in response to this week's campaign on the issue.

Poorer families are cutting out meat and vegetables to keep up repayments to finance companies, budgeters say.

School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes...

A "red flag" identifying at-risk children for schools, doctors and police is expected to be floated by the Government.

Domestic violence, from psychological abuse to beatings, is our biggest problem.

The architect of tough benefit reforms in Britain will face a picket by Sue Bradford's Auckland Action Against Poverty.

The Independent's Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the shocking realities of human trafficking.

Young women across Russia have been called on to show their support for Vladimir Putin by ripping off their clothes.

Mihingarangi Forbes' television interview with Alasdair Thompson raised an interesting issue.

A call to ban energy drink cans featuring overt sexual messages has been made by the National Council of Women.

People in the quiet seaside town of Opunake always wondered how a "lovely, kind and beautiful...

A notorious NZ criminal has been awarded compensation for breach of privacy and hurt feelings.

The man shot dead by police yesterday had just got out of jail for trying to cut the throat of the woman he held hostage.