Community housing providers say "key workers" such as nurses and teachers will still be locked out of housing close to their work.

Boys will be boys, we are told time and time again. Men will act as red-blooded men do. Because, if we are to follow these illogical

Maori tribal leaders will today sign a "covenant" with the nation's children, promising to respect them and make childhood a time of "joy and light".

COMMENT: If we do have to name this "new" ministry, one that builds on strengths, provides hope, and recognises resiliency must surely be a better choice.

Chivalry and decency are things of the past. These days it's all about boozing, bingeing, Big Macs at the theatre and Pokemon in church. Is it time we all learnt to behave, asks Robert Colvile.

Eight weeks after being awarded $15,518 in unpaid wages and reparation, sacked Otara tyre worker Patrick Toia is yet to receive a cent.

Toi Katipa never expected that he and his family would end up sleeping at the marae because they had become homeless.

Govt efforts to solve Auckland's housing crisis have been dealt a major blow by a weak response to a request for proposals to build 1000 new social homes.

An Italian restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico has come under fire after it tried to have a little "fun" with the marquee out the front of the eatery over the weekend.

Asian families are more vulnerable than other Kiwis despite doing reasonably well financially, a new report says.

Desperate Aucklanders struggling to cope with the city's housing crisis have borrowed almost $20m from Work and Income for accommodation costs in the past year.

He walked the streets and slept where he could shelter. Public spaces were his home and lots of people looked at him - but few actually saw him.

COMMENT: If life is understood as a struggle among cost-benefit maximising individuals, the idea of a fair and harmonious society retreats.

Life after university can mean more wealth and health, but challenges remain.

Frustrated would-be first-home buyers will get a hand up as the Government moves to lift house price limits for KiwiSaver subsidies and low-deposit loans.

Analysis shows just 43 per cent of target-age Aucklanders could buy a $500,000 house under bank lending criteria.

COMMENT: Our country, so rich, green and clean-looking on the outside has entrenched difficult and dark issues to deal with on the inside.

The 30th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill is being celebrated around the country today. Prominent Kiwis talk about what it means to them.

The Herald asked a number of Labour voters - past and present - in downtown Auckland how they felt about the party and why they continued to back Labour or had decided to change their support.

Saturday marks 30 years since that milestone in the gay rights movement, an anniversary that will be celebrated in Parliament tonight.

About 200 people braved freezing conditions overnight to sleep in their cars as part of the Park Up for Homes event in Auckland's Onehunga.

The government is funding businesses and projects it thinks are "sexy" claims a new report by a right-leaning lobby group.

COMMENT: Nothing can justify that 41,000 Kiwis have no safe place to lay their head each night.

Chris Finlayson waited until after the sentencing of Tania Shailer and David Haerewa to comment on the case since the pair pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

New Zealand ranking from first two years ago to 10th this year attributed to soaring house prices and bulging waistlines.

Cannabis decriminalisation could happen through a citizen-initiated referendum, says reform advocate Helen Kelly.

When Kellie Mulgrew started having epileptic seizures six weeks after giving birth, a tiny agency called Parent Aid Waitakere was her lifesaver.

An official report has uncovered starkly unequal lives for New Zealand's main ethnic groups.

Retirement has become an outdated concept for 140,000 New Zealanders who have reached 65 and are still clocking in to work.

After 10 days on mattresses at Te Puea Marae, the first thing B's little brothers wanted to do in their new home was run up and down the stairs.