National will announce a food-in-schools programme early this week to prevent children becoming victims of learning problems.

While the stakes may be small in the immediate case, this is about as big a deal as it gets in terms of our constitution, writes Andrew Geddis.

A shift in attitudes towards drink-driving was the major change seen by retired police superintendent Paula Rose in her 27 years in road policing.

Prime Minister John Key has defended the urgent passing of controversial legislation which restricted who could be paid for caring for disabled family members.

The Pacific community has stamped its mark firmly on New Zealand society. There are 20,000 more Niueans living here than in Niue.

Pastor Kafeba Mundele and his family may be pushed out of their state house because he earns too much money - but his income may be halved in September.

Auckland Transport has had to ticket one of its own vehicles after an employee parked illegally in a mobility space.

People who look after their highly disabled adult family members are at last in line to be paid by the Government - but only the minimum wage.

A disabled passenger says he was barred from boarding a flight after he missed check-in by three minutes when his electric wheelchair broke down.

Dealing with the government is like dealing with no other business because the government can usually muster the numbers to make law, writes Mai Chen.

A South Auckland school has started a foodbank for families who can't feed their children - and hopes today's Budget will help other schools with hungry pupils.

Editorial: The benefits in terms of new business, growth and jobs are readily apparent. The other side of the story is, however, less alluring.

Police need to be able to pursue drivers "otherwise we turn the roads over to the criminals," says New Zealand Police Association vice-president Stuart Mills.

After a riot at Perth's Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre, more than 140 teenage inmates were moved to Hakea high security prison

Budgeting services have been given a last-minute funding reprieve which means they are now unlikely to have to lay off staff.

Philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn has recruited four more big names for his inquiry into child abuse and domestic violence.

Children in Britain can now text their teachers to report bullying, in an initiative that makes it safer to come forward.

The majority of migrants to New Zealand feel they belong here, according to new analysis from Statistics New Zealand.

Korean Aucklanders are hoping that their new $1.5 million community centre will help to keep their culture alive in New Zealand.

The number of hungry people seeking food at night in my diocese has doubled in the past two months, writes Bishop Denis Browne.

About one in six Australians cannot afford to rent a home, with young families - especially single parents with children - among the worst affected, new reports show.

A legal high lobbyist says synthetic cannabis is a low-risk psychoactive substance that had not caused any death and was statistically safer than alcohol.