COMMENT: Drugs that do nothing for you up to that point have no redeeming social benefit to my mind. But it's not my business.

COMMENT: This refusal to confront the obesity-diabetes epidemic is like a replay of the global warming crisis fiasco, writes Brian Rudman

COMMENT: The days of cannabis prohibition in New Zealand appear to be coming to an end.

OPINION: We've all been told to focus on the positive, not to indulge in negative thinking. Jill Goldson explains why this is the wrong approach when it comes to dealing with fear.

Why is it that by the time millions of us are adults, we are subsisting on diets full of saturated fats and processed sugars?

COMMENT: People talking about domestic violence victims often ask "Why doesn't she leave?" That is the wrong question to ask. It places responsibility for the situation on the victim, rather than the perpetrator.

A crew of more than 100 volunteers are helping people access the benefits they're entitled to at Mangere Work and Income this week.

COMMENT: Finally, two Auckland City councillors are stepping up to the plate to deal with the scourge of beggars in the city, writes Larry Williams.

Seeking equal pay for jobs that are of equal skills, responsibility and stress is a campaign, which again should not be controversial.

Two-parent Maori families have more supportive friends and family than any other New Zealanders, research has found.

Taxpayers' Union says Labour Party plans for "universal basic income" will come with hefty price tag.

Rising rents are believed to be driving a 46 per cent jump in food parcels being handed out each month by the Auckland City Mission since the middle of last year.

VERITY JOHNSON: The other day I made a joke about how men don't know what it's like to fake an orgasm.

Workplace lying is a two-way street. The damaging top-down lies from management and the equally destructive bottom-up lies from staff.

Are millennials really that different to previous generations? Greg Bruce speaks to three generations of two families to find out.

Verity Johnson outlines a few of the many moments when life's easier if you're a man.

Men describe problems with compulsive pornography use that closely mirrors most of the symptoms of substance addiction, writes Simon Adamson.

As Beyoncé once said, "Who runs the world? Girls". But it seems like the makers of cartoon emojis have missed the memo.

The internet has different rules for likeability than in real life, and when I say "different" I mean regressive.

Emerge Aotearoa wins tender to supply short-term housing for individuals or families for up to 12 weeks.

A longstanding union goal of lifting the minimum wage to $15 an hour may finally be achieved today.

The In Work Tax Credit fails children and is a policy that cannot be justified, writes Michael Timmins. Its operation is so complicated and ultimately punitive in that its costs outweigh any supposed benefits.

The Salvation Army's annual stocktake on New Zealand's social health has earned high credibility. It owes this to its recognition of progress as well as problems.

All families have elements of dysfunction. This may range from homicidal violence to petty gossip and frustrations, writes Peter Lyons.

Govt aims to let drug be grown for medical or scientific use, but more change is needed, writes Alex Wodak.

Disputes between neighbours bring out the worst in people - like divorces often do. Or money, Alan Duff writes.

If we want an inclusive city that can accommodate the next generation of New Zealanders, tough calls will need to be made.