Young girls are falling prey to traffickers trapping them in a seedy underbelly.

COMMENT: I get the feeling it is increasingly awkward being seen to be rich these days.

COMMENT: Is New Zealand in 2017 still Dickensian?

Authors' look at struggle finds sisters separated at birth turned to the streets.

Teen couple have been given a chance and a house by a young Aucklander.

If the latest Reid Research poll bears out, Rotorua could have four MPs after the election

EDITORIAL: Both main parties have put a figure on poverty reduction, but will it help?

What are parties promising on social housing?

Beneficiaries call for higher benefits and an end to Work and Income's "toxic culture".

COMMENT: Fixing up the damage of child poverty will be enormously costly.

Maori Party and Labour call for probe after UN investigation into NZ abuse record.

As soon as it gets cold, hospitals struggle with 'waves' of sick children.

Auckland teens face homelessness after having at least 10 rental applications rejected.

Deaths by suicide rose to over 600 last year for the first time in recorded history.

COMMENT: The right words can get through to the most truculent youths.

Opinion: Charlottesville racists are being picked off by the Internet - for good.

Jamie Oliver has opened up about healthy food, Kiwi politics and his NZ plans

OPINION: Teach students how to navigate a social event without the buffer of a partner.

Thames can be a place of opportunity, residents say.

An Auckland teen has organised a pop-up store for the homeless.

Act Party candidate tells political gathering it's okay for people to incite suicide.

Does NZ really have the worst record on homelessness in the developed world?

Kiwis waiting weeks, if not years on the Government's social housing register.

Report recognises economic progress but says inequality is biggest issue facing NZ.

Loneliness is expected to become a big health issue by 2030. Can robots be the cure?

Exclusive: Compelling documentary challenges stereotypes around young mothers.

An Auckland marae wants big business to help struggling families, like this family of 11.

Fitness blogger says females shouldn't be ashamed for working out in sports bras.

Slugs, mould and now slimy mushrooms have infested Nicole Jenkins' state home.

COMMENT: Sympathy and compassion for poor kids is in the air at this election.