Poverty
No logic to more police, prison beds - Salvation Army
The Salvation Army's says there's no evidence the crime rate is on the rise and criticised goverment pledges to put more police on the streets and build more prison beds.
Mayors want poverty resources targeted at zones
Mayors in some of the country's poorest regions say a new approach is needed to tackle entrenched poverty in some communities. Audio
Mayors seek radical welfare shake-up
Three regional mayors are pleading with the government for a radical change to the way it delivers social welfare to tackle inter-generational poverty. Kathryn Ryan speaks with Rotorua Mayor Steve… Audio
Thousands more people ask for food grants
Almost 112,000 people applied for emergency grants for food in the last quarter of 2016, up almost 14,000 on 2015.
Should housing be a human right?
It is estimated there are about 40,000 homeless people in New Zealand, more than half of them are under 25 and many of them children. Audio
Housing key to addressing poverty
The Children's Commissioner says making housing affordable is crucial to helping the most vulnerable children and the Minister for Children also accepts poverty can be a factor in children being at… Audio
Residential schools
Could more residential schools be one answer to child poverty? We ask Darrin Hodgetts of Massey University. Audio
Third generation of Kiwi children face life of poverty
One in four Kiwi children live in low income homes, eight percent live in severe poverty - and it is not getting better, the latest monitor report says.
Papatoetoe woman plays father xmas for children in poverty
An Auckland mother is playing Father Christmas, delivering carloads of presents to children who would otherwise go without. Laura Tupou reports. Audio
Bill English considers benefit hike to tackle child poverty
Bill English is considering a further rise in benefit payments to help those in need after a new poverty report shows no real improvements have been made. Audio
'Safer Communities Together' - But where have all the police gone?
2016 has been a tough year for Northland police. Seven homicides, the biggest meth haul in New Zealand history, a growing pile of child abuse files, and a workplace survey that shows officers are… Audio
Academics develop a full picture of poverty in the Pacific
The first goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to eliminate poverty in all its forms. Audio
Is UBI an idea whose time has come?
Raf Manji believes a universal basic income is the answer to poverty and the unemployment technological change will bring. Audio
$300 million injection for emergency housing
The Government maintains there's no housing crisis despite its surprise injection of $300 million to fund emergency housing yesterday. Audio
Equal pay? Not for women of colour
According to Statistics NZ, women from our Pasifika communities earn the least in our country, on average only 67% of what a Pakeha male might earn. Gender inequity is a global issue but how does it… Audio, Gallery
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Policy analyst for the Salvation Army Alan Johnson on what poverty actually is. Audio
'If we're serious about tackling crime, we need to tackle poverty'
Opinion - Police Minister Judith Collins says child poverty has nothing to do with crime, but Michael O'Brien says the evidence doesn't support her. Audio
Police Minister says poverty comments taken out of context
The Police Minister Judith Collins says her comments about child poverty have been taken out of context saying bad parenting not just the preserve of the poor. Audio
Te Puea Marae chair backs Collins over poverty comments
The chair of Te Puea Marae, Hurimoana Dennis is backing Judith Collins's comments about poverty. Audio