Manurewa mother Lisa Bowden wants to work but she faces the classic solo parent's problem - who will look after the children?

Work and Income officials have selected just over a tenth of the country's 43,000 sole-parent beneficiaries with no children under 6 to be the guinea pigs for a work-testing scheme starting today.

Fundraiser to aid the homeless gives executives the chance to do good, and be better role models.

US president Barack Obama says he doesn't care that the country's recession has been 'offically' declared over.

Twenty-three people have reportedly been evicted from quake-damaged council flats without warning.

The Government has stepped in with an emergency wage subsidy for quake-stricken workers who aren't being paid.

The Govt will introduce mandatory automatic payments as it seeks to crack down on what is now $2b in overdue child support.

Peter Dunne's bill is unfair, unaffordable and unlikely to happen, writes Brian Fallow.

The country's Lions Clubs have struck a deal with the Reserve Bank to get the full value of defunct NZ coins, for charity.

A sole parent says she has lost a sixth of her bodyweight because she has not been able to eat properly since the Govt tightened access to training subsidies for beneficiaries.

Whether it's the boss or the bureaucrats, the answer's the same: mind your own business.

John Armstrong writes that the working group's prescription for change may be blinkered by ideology such as time limits.

A woman accused of murdering her baby son by leaving him alone in the bath knew CPR but did not try to resuscitate him because she thought it was too late, a court has been told.

A mother accused of murdering her baby said she felt "incapable" of looking after her children.