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A woman who suffered PTSD after a sex video of her was uploaded to a porn site says it is "disheartening" a group of MPs have decided it is too complex and expensive to extend ACC cover to victims…

The Salvation Army says housing boosts in the Budget will help some people stuck in the 'catastrophe', but they do not stretch far enough to properly address housing inequality.

Te Matatini are welcoming a well overdue funding increase following this weeks Budget announcements, but say it falls short of providing equitable funding for kapa haka to flourish in Aotearoa.

A total of $NZ196 million has been set aside for Pacific services in New Zealand in this year's Budget.

Māori health and social workers say the funding announced in yesterday's Budget will do little to help ease their burden, or close equity gaps.

Inequality campaigners say the government's cost of living payment is a slap in the face to some of the country's most vulnerable.

A mental health service is concerned those who experience the worst inequality will not benefit from more government funding.

Pasifika health providers are hoping tomorrow's Budget addresses urgent social and health needs exposed by Covid-19 over the last two years.

Māori health workers and community leaders are hoping tomorrow's Budget will address urgent social and health needs, with hints at a significant spend for Māori health.

A pay equity settlement that will mean some health administration staff getting a $20,000 raise will be "life changing" for the mainly women workers, a union delegates says. Audio

As the government hails its plan to reduce New Zealand's emissions as a significant landmark, opposition parties remain more sceptical.

Comment - Ahead of the Budget, there's an extra $230m for apprenticeships, while negotiations between care workers and the government have fallen apart, Katherine Ravenswood writes.

Traders say the ban could drive global prices to new record peaks, hitting poor consumers in Asia and Africa particularly hard.

The children's commissioner says a spike in young people behind the wheel in ram raids is created by families living in a "total state of hopelessness".

Complaints about unsecured debt have more than doubled in the past year, as consumers struggle to repay loans in the face of rising living costs.

Urgent and bold Budget decisions are needed if we are to get serious about the cost of living crisis and what it means for families and children living in or on the edge of poverty.

A man accused of child abuse says it is a "lottery" whether a family gets a proper investigation by Oranga Tamariki (OT) or not.