A report on tackling child abuse is a step in the right direction but its focus on the most vulnerable ignores the needs of every child, Labour says.

Child welfare advocates have called for "tough conversations" on the contents of a long-awaited paper on reducing NZ's shocking child abuse rate. The 'Green Paper on Vulnerable Children', was launched in Auckland today.

Sharing food across the wider whanau is the only way Papakura's Peawini family keeps food on the table.

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.

Amy Winehouse reportedly died in her Camden home after wild drinking sessions and an Ecstasy binge.

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.