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Gareth Morgan's big tax idea

After motorbiking round the world and saving Happy Feet, economist Gareth Morgan wants to revolutionise our tax and welfare system. Andrew Laxon asks him why.

Auckland Council puts focus on city's poor areas in south

Housing project aims to give communities 'a real lift'

Cardboard coffins cut cremation costs

Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie: Tax revamp not about pulling rich down

Kerre Woodham: Check on the grouchy elderly

Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie: Reviving values of an egalitarian society

An educated public, knowledgeable of what the issues are and requiring of change, is a prerequisite for any political commitment emerging.

Damien Grant: Roger trumps dodgers

Garth George: Political claptrap skirts real solutions to child abuse

Annual test catches out thousands on welfare

Unemployment rate remains steady

The New Zealand labour market remained relatively steady in the June 2011 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today, with the unemployment rate remaining at 6.5 percent. The unemployment stats, just released, were largely expected by economists...

Our hungry kids: Shock food shortage in heartland growing worse

Editorial: Jobs for parents and food for hungry kids

Many readers will have been taken aback this week by revelations in the <i>Herald</i> series on the number of children turning up at schools hungry each day.

Our hungry kids: Bad diet linked to skin and lung conditions

Our hungry kids: Free bagels put a ring around school hunger

Tory welfare plan comes Downunder