There is a scene in the 2013 film Escape Plan where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone face off against one another in a canteen.

A growing number of highly qualified, professional women in their 40s and 50s are struggling to get into the job market.

Statistics show Americans have a far greater chance of being shot dead in shootings perpetrated by their fellow Christian Americans than in terrorist attacks by Muslims, writes Paul Thomas.

The locations of young people who are most at risk of having poor outcomes later in life have been revealed - as have the gaps in support for them.

Pensioners, disabled people and low-income families will benefit from a surprise Government decision to fund 508 social housing units in Auckland.

A NZ photojournalist who has just completed a powerful campaign about forbidden love and suppressed identity has been honoured for his work.

Crowd behaviour has again become an issue.

Growing numbers of Kiwis risk becoming homeless in old age because of falling home ownership rates, rising rents and static housing subsidies, the Salvation Army says.

Expatriate Kiwis are more likely to favour changing the flag than people still living in NZ - but they are much less keen on abandoning the monarchy.

More than 30,000 New Zealanders had their benefits cut last financial year for travelling overseas without letting officials know.

A "hikoi for homes" in Auckland today may be the forerunner of social unrest on a greater scale.

Everything's accelerated these days, and the same must be said for grief online.

Are rock bands running scared from Europe? Foo Fighters, Deftones and Prince have all cancelled tours following the Paris attacks.

Global fashion house Moschino has made a Barbie, but that's not what sparked interest in the ad announcing her arrival.

This week, two primetime documentary specials put New Zealand women in the spotlight, and it couldn't have come at a better time.

One of NZ's most famous Maori tribes, Tuhoe, is negotiating to take over social services for its people in an ambitious bid to end welfare "dependency".

Welfare, says Tuhoe leader Tamati Kruger, is a "disease" that has sapped the motivation of his people.

At least one family every three days is now seeking housing help across Auckland because their only place to live is a car.

As research discovers Facebook can increase feelings of sadness, Rachel Halliwell explains how she found the social media sweet spot.

Complaining publicly about the Hollywood gender pay gap is "a bit vulgar", Kate Winslet says.

A stocktake on women's place in New Zealand says many women are still treated as "second-class citizens".

A second Auckland woman has found her job prospects limited because she wears a Muslim headscarf.

Children at schools in poor areas are still lagging far behind their wealthy peers, with rising pass rates making but a small dent in the achievement gap, latest data shows.

Young people from an Indian caste long regarded as privileged have been staging violent protests as they clamour for a downgrade to "backward" status.

Carl Ewen knows how to grow a good mo. He says it also helps that he's from a "follicly advanced family".

Among young offenders, the rate of reconviction within five years after release is 91 per cent, much of which happens within the first 12 to 24 months, writes Jarrod Gilbert.

A dismissed addiction counsellor says her case has exposed unsafe understaffing at the prison unit where she worked.

Emma Watson and Mark Ruffalo are among stars backing Jennifer Lawrence for addressing the Hollywood gender pay gap in a hard-hitting article.

The CYF review panel recommends a child-centred system, "where the voices and needs of children and young people are at the forefront of everything the agency does".

State house tenants from around New Zealand plan to march on Parliament against Government plans to sell 1600 houses in Tauranga and Invercargill.