Retirement has become an outdated concept for 140,000 New Zealanders who have reached 65 and are still clocking in to work.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

COMMENT: People in crisis need help, not judgment made in ignorance, writes the mother of a family once homeless.

Boxing legend David Tua will sleep in his car for a night next week, joining a growing national movement calling for houses for homeless families.

New homes and sections created under the Auckland Housing Accord have dropped below target as the building industry struggles to find extra labour.

Homeless people who get a grant of up to $5000 to leave Auckland will now get cash payments of a further $2000 or $3000 on top of actual moving costs.

Marking World Refugee Day, the Herald spoke to a refugee family who escaped from Laos to New Zealand 33 years ago, risking their lives to do so.

Vulnerable youths were at risk in a youth justice residence, while other facilities have an institutional feel and "prison-like" secure care, says a report.

Hundreds spend night in cars in support of homeless families.

COMMENT: Heart-breaking stories of families living in cars, garages and overcrowded houses demonstrate that our welfare state is broken, writes Catriona MacLennan.

What makes people get into politics? Imagine being the Minister of Social Housing, and seeing someone who helps the homeless as the enemy.

Foketi Purcell gave her longtime friend Brenda Sekona a car, a thank you for taking her and her family in when two years earlier they had nowhere else to go.

COMMENT: New Zealand's annual refugee intake of 750 was disgracefully low. An intake of 1000 is not much better.

COMMENT: On average around 200 Americans are killed and wounded in mass shootings every month

Richard Edwards and Janet Hoek suggest the next targets in the campaign against smoking should be dairies and other outlets selling tobacco products.

Housing New Zealand is being accused of causing homelessness by evicting people who can't get rehoused anywhere else.

Warriors star James Gavet has been through a lot in his 27 years, on and off the football field. Now he's using his life experiences to help those in need.

Homeless people sleeping rough pose a visible challenge to all of us. The poor who camp in public places and beg in streets make themselves very visible.

Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the death of assisted dying campaigner Lecretia Seales. Her husband writes about her legacy and life without her.

On June 3, 1941 the first 10 female officers began training to enter the New Zealand Police.

At first, the baby looked as "if it were still alive".

Conservative lobby group blames "family malformation" - including parental breakups - as major culprit.

COMMENT: There's been far too much hysterical hanky wringing over the so-called problems of homelessness and poverty lately.

A drunken brawl that left Melissa Ansin's partner George Siaosi trapped in his own body highlights the battle to create a safe city at night.

Lizzie Marvelly is the musician who has finally found her voice. She talks to Kim Knight about being young, female and opinionated.

A man who spent 18 years in state care says he is "terrified" by the Budget changes to Child, Youth and Family.

Child poverty advocates say the Budget provides no relief for families struggling to cope with high rents and low incomes.

In 1993, New Zealand ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.