A few weeks ago I wrote about some women over 50 feeling that they are invisible to men, writes Wendyl Nissen.

A 13-year legal battle by parents seeking the right to be paid caregivers for their disabled adult children has ended in bitterness, with only a handful of parents being paid.

A single parents' group says "a complete change of mindset" has helped reduce the number of people on the sole parent benefit to the lowest level in more than 20 years.

'Cave' dwellers will officially get top priority for social housing under new rules that kicked in this week.

The wonderful thing about being a supportive wife - my challenge for a year - is that you get to wear a self-bestowed halo for the good work you are doing.

A lone protester made her opposition known as she stood outside a Northland church seminar offering to help people overcome "same-sex attraction issues".

Residents are battling a plan for a $2 million artificial sports field in their Auckland suburban park, saying it will spoil its looks.

Emigration is driven not only by opportunities, but also by inequalities, writes Alan Gamlen. Emigration has been worryingly high for decades.

Auckland employers will be challenged today to give young people a chance by hiring a young unemployed person.

Editorial: The news that at least 21,000 beneficiaries have travelled overseas in the past nine months had a predictable response.

A transgender Auckland teen rewrote pageant history early this morning after earning a place in next month's final of the Battle of the Babes.

Two of the six panel members who made the shock decision to stop funding the Problem Gambling Foundation had conflicts of interest, a review has found.

Strong personal rights and freedoms have helped to propel NZ into the top rank of the new Social Progress Index.

More than 21,000 beneficiaries have had their benefits cut for going on unapproved overseas trips in the last nine months.

Drug dealers are increasingly providing home deliveries in response to text orders in a system known as "dial-a-tinny".

The National Guards rolled in under the cover of darkness, firing tear gas and rubber bullets as they advanced with bulldozers and armoured vehicles.

The Bangladesh city of Chittagong has been on the radar of Kiwi sports fans as the Black Caps play their T20 World Cup pool games there.

Family disputes are problems to be professionally mediated rather than wars that will be won or lost.

The booze-related violence and booze-related problems on the streets, in the home, in the bar and the club are very real, very frightening and highly ingrained problems.

Helpline services for smokers, gamblers and other groups are being merged into a new national "telehealth" service - possibly with a simple 111-style number.

The Glenn inquiry into family violence has an ethical obligation to release its findings as soon as possible, a source close to the inquiry says.

What I want to think about is how grateful I am to the refugees who come and settled in NZ and how angry I am at the disregard with which we treat them, writes Dr Avril Bell.

A global survey has found that one in every six Kiwis ran out of money for food in 2011-12 - more than in all except eight other developed nations.

An Auckland high school which excluded a student with Asperger's after a dispute with a teacher is appealing against a judge's ruling to quash the expulsion.

A mentoring programme aimed at helping women victims of domestic violence is the brainchild of fashion designer Annah Stretton.

Editorial: It can be easy to jump to assumptions about statistics, especially if they appear to support a particular agenda.

Ban Bossy is an American initiative creating worldwide interest and lots of flak, writes Robyn Yousef.

Looking back, the once common practice of painting lead on to women's faces to lighten their skin seems bizarre.

Jason Tamaiti Kihi Phillips admits he was one of those guys who was too shy to ask for medical help until it was nearly too late.