Canvas columnist Megan Nichol Reed reflects on the differences in our moral compasses and how we can all be guilty of occasionally mislaying them.

Chanelle Haffenden is fed up with firing off CVs to faceless human resources managers and is trying a more direct approach.

Despite feeding her family on a tight budget, this Porirua mum is changing lives with her food parcel initiative.

Under a sky clear as day, egged on by a spring wind, my dog and I walked. We are always walking. Our steps marking the rise and set

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.

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.

Just how racist are we? It's a question New Zealanders don't like to discuss but these Kiwis share their stories of racism.

Australian children will be taught about "male privilege" and shown images of men cleaning dishes and women playing football in a drive to break gender stereotypes.

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: 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: If you're looking for the best writerly word to sum up the times in which we live, you really can't go past Dickensian.

Top female chess players reacted with horror yesterday after being told they must compete at next year's world championship wearing a hijab.

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.