One basic item helped relieve a family from sickness, sleepless nights and stress.

COMMENT: Manukau Bus Station proposal, for all its short-comings, is a glimmer of hope.

Sole parents on welfare start getting penalised once they earn more than $100 a week.

For an 8-year-old from Manurewa, a second pair of shoes and rugby fees are unaffordable.

Twenty-five children from families in hardship have been sponsored today.

A family of six in South Auckland told Variety they were all sharing a double bed.

COMMENT: Our history shows the necessity of well-paid jobs for all adults who want them.

Samantha once sponsored a child in poverty. Now her own daughter is being sponsored.

They're ambitious and confident, but also financially literate and realistic.

An Australian columnist said PM Jacinda Ardern should make the top job suit motherhood.

The former Kiwi student made anti-Islamist and anti-Turkish comments online.

It's been nearly 10 years since a horrifically burned body was found in a car.

A culture change at Work and Income is underway, with sanctions falling by 20 per cent.

Readers write: Autism issues; vegan dangers; money for guns and council voting records

Pro-free-speech group suing Auckland's mayor over controversial speakers' ban.

54,000 lunches later, free Fill Their Lunchbox initiative to shut up shop on August 10.

Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux were banned from using council-owned venues.

Auckland's Housing First programme keeping homeless people off the streets.

COMMENT: A culture rooted in power and domination is extremely hard to change.

Children's Commissioner says Property Relationships Act needs to be more child-friendly.

Window washing infringements total more than $80,000 since the law came into force.

Justice Paul Davison's decision may see a review of prosecutions against beneficiaries.

The Government's much-vaunted package expected to lift 64,000 children out of poverty.

New Families Package means $4000 a year and more time with new baby.

Classmate was told by his mum to write "private property keep out" on his underwear.

She was a high-flying sportswoman. Now, she is jobless, homeless and fearful.

The disturbing link between gambling and social media revealed.

Many ageing Koreans long for the chance to see their relatives before they die.

National MP Judith Collins has apologised after liking an offensive tweet.

Givealittle page launched for film-maker Renae Maihi's legal fees in defamation battle.