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The setting of a child poverty reduction target by the National Party leader - out of the blue - has been met with some surprise, but also plenty of support.

Neither National nor Labour will commit to a specific target to reduce suicide, but their health spokespeople say 20 percent would be a sensible one.

The gender pay gap in New Zealand has had its biggest reduction since statistics were first recorded - but it is still not as low as it was five years ago.

In the four years Debbie Munroe has been helping fill Manurewa's bellies she's seen an explosion in the numbers of people sleeping rough, she says.

There was heckling and hollering at Christchurch's largest polytechnic today, with political candidates taking questions from local voters. Video

The United Nations has recommended the New Zealand government establish an independent commission of inquiry into the abuse of children and adults with disabilities while in state care from 1950 to…

Two months ago Voices reported that Shakti Ethnic Women’s Refuge in Wellington had been declined government funding and would have to close. Now on the eve of the election the government has changed…

New Zealand’s longest serving political leader suddenly signed off this week warning that superficial stuff seemed to be drowning out real political issues in the media. Week one of the election…

Tina Fey's cake eating; Dylan Roof's radicalisation; sexism in Silicon Valley; and much more.

Up to 5000 people a day are enrolling to vote, with enrolments tracking slightly ahead of the 2014 election, the Electoral Commission says.

A report on problems faced by people who rent their homes has found many landlords provide poor living conditions.

The Green Party has restated its commitment to implementing a capital gains tax if it gets into government, saying it is "time to just get in with it".

A study has found the Quitline smoking service is having three times greater health benefits for Māori than non-Māori.

Chile's constitutional court has voted to approve a bill to ease the country's total ban on abortions.

Another council has dumped celebrations marking the arrival of British settlers in recognition of what that day meant to Aboriginal Australians.

The Opportunities Party leader Gareth Morgan has moved to back up his comment that by making Jacinda Ardern its leader, the Labour Party is putting "lipstick on a pig".

Sick of being discriminated against? Asian men debunk and challenge emasculating stereotypes and bare all as they speak candidly about love, dating and more. Hot on the heels of the premiere Lynda…

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