COMMENT: We need to save the Kiwi dream before it's too late.

COMMENT: The meaning of "diversity" is broad and so it is important that we don't constrain the diversity of employees and customers..

This photo was removed from Facebook. Jenna Martin asks, what's really wrong with it?

"Once you're free of the messiness, of the frustrations, of the stains, you're more likely to talk about ... your period."

I used to be scared of gossip. When I partook in it myself or was party to someone else's loose-tongued exchange, I would feel dirty, sullied. I would vow to stitch my lips together.

COMMENT: Up and down the country our society is becoming more punitive when we should be doing more to help.

The Government has been accused of gutting a major longitudinal study tracking the experiences of kids growing up in New Zealand, after a funding cut resulted in the number of its participants being slashed by two thirds.

Women's refuges, church agencies and other community groups will soon have to hand over their client details to the Government in

OPINION: A lot of married people say that cheating is a deal breaker, but many don't follow through. Perhaps they are issuing the statement as a warning to their spouse.

COMMENT: The Government's proposed reforms to our child protection laws are regressive, myopic and likely to have unfortunate outcomes for children.

Vegetarian cafe Revive will again donate leftover food to the Auckland City Mission.

It will now be tougher for would-be migrants to gain residency under the skilled migrant and family sponsored categories.

COMMENT: All political parties are determined to give me a benefit I don't need, what's the point of refusing?

COMMENT: NZ's consistent arrest, conviction and imprisonment stats cannot be explained away by invoking class alone.

COMMENT: The burqa isn't some post-feminist freedom from a bad hair day. It's a mistake we made to get here.

As a gang member held a knife to his throat, Jarrod Gilbert wondered if he was about to die.

COMMENT: To reduce inequality, politicians need to ensure Maori views are not frozen out by mono-cultural agencies and majority decisions.

COMMENT: Set up support networks and make sure that local addiction recovery services are available. If not, agitate for them.

COMMENT: There are important questions to ask about the type of society we want to be, writes Lizzie Marvelly.

COMMENT: The challenge is how do we improve employment opportunities for our intellectually disabled people?

We went to various communities to ask them what they want from a new mayor - here is what they said.

Vulnerable children will be placed in foster care more quickly, and their foster parents will get more flexible pay, under law changes outlined today.

Young Pacific people remain blighted by unhealthy food, barriers to healthcare and poor conditions at home.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

COMMENT: The rewrite of the Social Security Act is a good time to abolish the sanctions altogether.

The latest steps proposed by the Govt to try to curb this country's high rate of domestic violence do not appear likely to make much difference.

COMMENT: As we read yet again of huge gains by property speculators, are we not obliged to ask a serious question?

Androgynous YouTube star Kris Fox reveals how he received regular attacks and death threats online.

COMMENT: Of all the reactions arising from the investigation into the Chiefs' stripper scandal, the most apt was issued by the woman involved.

COMMENT: Spend any length of time in the US and you realise that the Star-Spangled Banner is not an anthem to be dishonoured lightly.