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'Never again': Mum and toddlers sleep in park after emergency housing denied

Mum slept in a Napier park with her two toddlers in a desperate bid to keep them warm.

Regulator considers credit card ban for online gambling

How would a ban on using credit cards affect businesses?

Lizzie Marvelly: Vote with your conscience not your party

COMMENT: Let 2019 be the year we make abortion safe, legal and accessible.

'Unique' child abduction case: Dad's battle for daughter hidden in New Zealand

EXCLUSIVE: Mother hides daughter to NZ after father granted custody in European court.

Grandparents' decade-long battle for 'justice' over taken grandchildren

Grandparents open up about painful battle for "justice" after grandkids were uplifted.

Ihumātao protest: Greens put pressure on Ardern to intervene

The Greens made their stance known at a hīkoi to Parliament this week.

Teens on road to sporting success thanks to Variety scholarships

"It was either pay the bills or my son would play for weeks with holes in his shoes."

Variety Appeal looks to remedy too many Kiwi kids sleeping on the floor

More than one in 10 children in our poorest communities don't have their own beds.

Man remortgaged to help homeless. Now he's sheltered 1000 in one year

'In less than 10 months, we had three shelters,' Tiny Deane says.

Meth lab discovered in bush hut in Northland

Officers trekked into bush on the fringes of Russell State Forest off Nelson Rd.

Brian Rudman: Rough sleepers get raw deal in City of Sails

COMMENT: Eden Park could help needy enjoy a decent kip this winter.

Pop star Troye Sivan says LGBTIQ+ community can move past Folau saga

Global pop star says Folau saga is a "shame" but LGBQT+ community is strong.

Exclusive interview: The embassy man and hidden toilet cam

Former military man - supported by his partner - claims he is the victim.

Leighton Smith: Orwell was right - and we're asleep at the wheel

COMMENT: The biggest danger of all is the combination of big tech and Government.

The Folaus, faith and freedom of speech: what we should all remember

EDITORIAL: The free speech debate - outrage on insult on abuse. Is that right?

Shut the doors: Crackdown on tavern 'gambling shops'

'If you own a venue with pokie machines, you cannot rely on them for income.'