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Prime Minister John Key and Labour Party leader Andrew Little are both giving their annual State of the Nation speeches as the political year gets under way.

Leading women footballers have abandoned their legal action over the use of artificial pitches at this year's Women's World Cup in Canada.

Health experts are hailing a new asthma inhaler made in New Zealand as having the potential to transform the lives of tāngata whenua.

US President Barack Obama announced measures to help working families and address inequality in his annual State of the Union Address. Video

More than 100,000 New Zealanders are in the global top one percent, which Oxfam says own nearly half the world's wealth.

More than half the world's wealth will soon be owned by the wealthiest one percent of the population, according to a study by anti-poverty charity Oxfam.

School principals say a review of the school decile system is urgently required and the system is not meeting the needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Audio

Film and TV reviewer Judah Finnigan shares his picks of 2014.

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Education groups say an OECD report shows more funding for poor schools and more courses for poorly-educated adults could improve the New Zealand economy.

Prime Minister John Key has rejected criticism his Government is not doing enough to reduce inequality and poverty, instead blaming the Green Party for the rise in income inequality. Audio

Finance Minister Bill English is disputing an OECD report which says the growing gap between rich and poor in New Zealand is leading to lower overall economic growth. Audio

New Zealand has had one of the fastest growing rates of income inequality among the world's richest countries, according to analysis by a leading economic think-tank.