New Zealand
Aid agencies urge Kiwis to help starving children hit by pandemic
It comes as UN report says nearly a billion people could go hungry this year.
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$15m gone: $30m Govt welfare fund for foreigners rapidly depleting
An emergency fund for workers stuck in NZ is drying up fast, leaving the future uncertain.
Family lose everything in suspicious house fire
Police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a family home.
Lockdown: Salvation Army urge public to stop dumping donations
Photos show a stockpile of water-damaged items in front of the New Lynn store.
'One bill away from drowning in debt': Kiwisaver hardship withdrawals rise
KiwiSaver users in Rotorua withdrew a combined $1.6m for hardship in 2019.
Housing u-turn: All of a sudden Auckland has a surplus of homes
Auckland's shock "housing surplus" has been revealed in a new report.
Capital's tight rental market pushes emergency grants to $1m
Quarterly spend on grants cracks a million dollars, numbers skyrocket in 18 months.
Our dark history of abuse in care - inside the first hearing
Inside the first proper hearing of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care.
Generous pensioners give their Winter Energy Payment to charity
The couple are frugal power users and feared "making money" from the payment.
Salvation Army to trial free GP clinic in West Auckland
The Salvation Army will hold the clinic once a week over July at their Waitākere centre.
Rents 'skyrocket' while millions is spent on emergency housing
Millions of dollars is being spent on emergency housing as Rotorua rents skyrocket.
Free firewood a winter warmer in Whangārei
The Salvation Army's distribution of firewood to needy families is cutting power bills.
Would you live here? Garage renos aimed at vulnerable tenants
Garage conversions add value to a house sale, but have been described as "exploitation".
Housing revolution? Buying a home with a $500 deposit
Could the refreshed KiwiBuild scheme include a rent-to-own option?
Fears Wellington social housing land will be privatised
Should there be space for affordable homes in Wellington's Arlington redevelopment?
Letters: A glut of city bottle shops
The police and Medical Officer of Health didn't oppose the application. Where was our MP?
Brian Rudman: Leave Israel Folau out of hate speech heat
COMMENT: Banning Folau risks creating new martyrs and threatens our free speech tradition.
Future youth leader among those attending youth camp
Young Northlanders join thousands at Youth Camp
Submissions strongly oppose euthanasia bill
Euthanasia bill backers say scientific polls a better judge of opinion than submissions.
Sallies fight back against predatory shopping trucks
The Sallies were tired of 'rip-off' shopping trucks. So they made their own.
Joe and Elvor start a rising tsunami of support
More friends for elderly folks who just need company. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Editorial: Sallies give timely warning on P
Comment: Salvation Army gives a timely warning about methamphetamine.
The Sallies have spoken: Welfare reform is urgent
The Salvation Army has told us we're doing welfare wrong. How are we going to fix that?
The 'relentless' rise of P in New Zealand: 'This is becoming a plague'
Meth-related offending has now overtaken cannabis in New Zealand.
Salvation Army worker who found gnome thought it was a joke
Neil Arnold arrived for work this morning when he found the gnome.
Happy Christmas: Weird items donated in charity's appeal
From bloody knives, strange food items and dolls with their heads shaved.
New food parcel hub launched in Lower Hutt
About 17,000 families will need help this Christmas period.
Wishes grow on trees for 25 years
Twenty-five years of Wishing Trees at Kmart. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Gifts from Prime Minister well received, and symbolic of commitment
Prime Minister's symbolic gifts appreciated, play by children well received