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Focus: Residents ‘terrified, frustrated’ at crime they claim is linked to social housing

Locals call for change as businesses are robbed and residents live in fear. Video / NZ Herald

Jane Searle: Fixing Oranga Tamariki

OPINION: Child Matters chief executive outlines the solutions.

Clive Elliott: Is Aotearoa headed for social apartheid?

OPINION: We are currently experiencing a momentous paradigm shift.

Editorial: Getting our house in order

OPINION: Our editorial on the state of social housing in NZ.

'We want a voice’: Grandmother of murdered boy in OT care wants his story known

'Our family have to almost grieve in silence due to the stigma of having a child murder.'

Focus Morning Bulletin: 21 October, 2022

Liz Truss resigns, what’s seeing our household net worths fall and Rotorua struggles with damaged reputation in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

'Privatisation': Robertson hits back at National's welfare policy

National wants wealthy Kiwis to be able to donate to a social investment fund.

Helen Robinson: An end to homelessness

OPINION: Twenty-six thousand New Zealanders on the social housing list is not okay.

Oranga Tamariki blunder - mum wrongly accused of being unfit rejects $50k compo

The agency accused Anna of violence, hiding children, benefit fraud, and neglect.

From gang life to farm life: How a ground-breaking employment programme is changing lives

Door-knocking in gang community is paying dividends by getting people jobs.

'Reach out to support agencies directly if you have concerns of rough sleepers in cars': Auckland Council

Council mistakenly classifies woman later found dead in car as freedom camper.

Towering 16-storey public housing complex for seniors coming to Manukau

The 16-storey tower next to the Manukau Westfield will be for tenants aged 55 and over.

IRD hunts 170,000 bank accounts for $350 cost of living payment

Thousands are at risk of missing out on the upcoming payment.

Minister defends Oranga Tamariki changes amid strong opposition

Majority of submitters and all four other political parties oppose the bill.

Motel money: The companies which earned the most from emergency housing boom

One motel alone has received $16m in grants to house the homeless.

Abuse in care: 'Prison was heaven' compared to foster care, survivor says

Three stories of New Zealand children who were uplifted only to be abused.