The conservative Maxim Institute think-tank has joined the call for official targets to reduce child poverty.

Abused children need help to sleep normally again if we are to break the abuse cycle, a child expert says.

Bill English says he is not surprised that the Salvation Army has decided against buying state houses from the Government.

Tempers are boiling over at an Auckland school's gates as a neighbouring retired police officer takes on drivers he believes are endangering children's lives.

Part of John Key's success is he is seen as a Clarksonian figure - someone who speaks our language, the voice of bluff, non-PC common sense, writes Paul Thomas.

An Auckland Council committee will consider establishing a 'Rainbow Community Advisory Panel' on Wednesday at an annual unbudgeted cost of $116,880.

Respect for private property is what makes a free and tolerant society. The baying of the crowd shouldn't dictate what you can and can't do, writes Rodney Hide.

Vogue's style editor-at-large came under fire after posting a photo on Instagram of what appears to be a homeless woman in Paris reading the famed magazine.

The broadcaster Alison Mau wrote a piece at the weekend about what she called "The curse of casual sexism".

Generation X New Zealanders who have a stable partner and have left the country are richer than those who are single and still living here, research shows.

Paul Little writes: Cognitive dissonance describes that uncomfortable feeling we get when reality doesn't match what we believe. And isn't that most of the time?

The $163 million cost of changing the child support rules will increase further when the IRD implements a completely new computer system.

Fighting began in the key central Iraqi city of Tikrit, birthplace of the former dictator Saddam Hussein, as government forces and Shia militia launched a major assault to displace Isis jihadists.

New Zealand is among the best in the world at expanding human rights, religious tolerance and peaceful dialogue, writes David Rutherford.

But why does being poor make you fat? Here's a thought: it could be a lack of personal responsibility, writes Rodney Hide.

We work shorter days than ever, spend less time on household chores and more time on social media —so why are we are all so busy and why do we brag about it? Rebecca Barry Hill looks at the busy-ness trap and how we can escape from it.

The Kiwi father of Down syndrome baby Leo, born last month in Armenia, has a conviction for assaulting his father-in-law from a previous marriage.

Kelly Brown found a new "family" on the streets of Auckland after being removed from his biological family at the age of 7.

Robin Kearns writes: Whose city is this? Does Auckland belong only to adults and motorists? Perhaps we all need to slow down and reconsider our priorities.

For all its success, Still Alice is a shameful anomaly as well as a triumph, simply by dint of the fact that at its heart is a middle-aged woman.

A community housing provider has told the Government that it won't buy state houses when they're put up for sale this year unless the price is zero.

Former MP Hone Harawira has been called in to try to ease tensions in Glen Innes after a rock was thrown at a removal man trying to move a state house out of the area last year.

A viral video of a 9-year-old Kiwi asking for support to live as a boy after being born a girl has impressed transgender advocates and prompted an overwhelmingly positive response.

Walt Glazer asks whether Auckland should become the Hong Kong of the South Pacific or remain a Kiwi oasis of security for the future.

Salvation Army says housing shortage adding "incredible stress" to families as its State of Nation report shows Auckland's crisis worsened by a record near-4000 houses last year.

A counsellor in charge of an addiction rehab centre, where patients were given pocket knives and allowed to use air-rifles, fleeced one by charging for numerous counselling sessions that never took....

Current Miss Universe now has the opportunity to help stop fighting in her home country of Colombia.