New Zealand
Looming crisis in housing for elderly
Audine Robson is sharing a large Auckland home with 11 other pensioners.
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Budget a good start but more needed to fix twin plagues, say Sallies and Union
Funding for housing and addressing child poverty a good start some say, but more is needed
Hawkesby: The alarming rise of the working poor
COMMENT: People having to choose to pay rent over buying food is heartbreaking.
Poverty still disadvantaging too many kids
EDITORIAL: After years of reports and investigations, is anything actually changing?
100k Kiwi kids living in severe poverty
Demand from families today is worse than during the recession - Salvation Army
Over 330 new families need help every week - Salvation Army
Poverty is reaching "crisis" levels in New Zealand.
Murder mystery: Deathbed confession of Kiwi serial killer
Deathbed confession finally offered resolution to violent deaths of Wairoa sisters.
Millionaire NZ tycoon and air-crash survivor you won't have heard of
Former Soviet agent-turned-preacher a recipient of Aucklander's giving.
First new state houses for Whanganui in decades
New state houses being built in Whanganui are to be ready to occupy by mid-year.
Editorial: Re-think on state housing to be applauded
New houses represent a U-turn by Housing NZ -- and it is most welcome.
How Fiji evacuation plan saved lives
The entire population of two islands took shelter in evacuation centres.
Brian Rudman: Twyford hits own thumb with hammer
COMMENT: Politicians have long known the risks of sharing the stage with babies and pets.
Donate tampons so girls don't miss school: Sallies
The Salvation Army has launched an appeal for sanitary products.
Rents set to soar, says Property Institute
Sallies and property agent say Whanganui's rental market still as tight as ever.
Back-to-school costs have parents worried
How much sending the kids back to school costs could depend on where you live.
Sallies helping parents get tablets for schoolkids
Some low-income are families considering turning to high-rate lenders.
'Appalling' amounts of rubbish left by Xmas revellers
A Long Bay boy was 'sad and disappointed' at the Boxing Day mess left in the regional park
Countdown donates $120,000 to food rescue charities
A total of $120,000 will be donated to charities in Countdown's Food Rescue programme.
Foreign rest home workers face expulsion
Report calls for change to "unjust" migrant worker visa rules
Local Focus: Tokoroa resident desperate to find a home
"I just want a second chance!" Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Whangarei organic gardeners cop spray drift
Retired couple upset their large, rural organic garden has been poisoned.
Inequality 'death by 100 cuts'
Parties explain their tackling-inequality strategy as election looms.
Govt buys two more motels for homeless
Govt has now bought six motels to provide emergency housing.
Forget giving up coffee, save the big bucks
Who wants to save $4 on a coffee when you could save $200 on your rent?
Auckland refugees seeking Sallies' help
Sallies' foodbank feel pressure from families escaping Auckland's housing woes.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Ladies who lunch raising money for charity
Ladies who lunch raise $110,000 for charity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Girls using gym socks as sanitary pads
Donations of sanitary items are increasing for the Salvation Army to distribute.
Labour bill doesn't go far enough - Sallies
Neither Labour nor National is addressing landlord's 'total power' in NZ, the Sallies say.