Inequality

Minister Louise Upston has directed her officials to stop publishing weekly updates on benefit numbers as the number of people on welfare reaches record levels.

In Auckland, about 10 percent of households in Māngere-Ōtāhuhu are severely crowded. Audio

The Tenancy Tribunal has backed her mother, who says her child's health has been permanently affected. Audio

The Detail - Is the government's new directive that public services be prioritised by need, not race, a championing of equity - or has it removed a vital tool?

Life is tough for many pensioners, particularly those paying rent, financial mentors say.

Women are 34 times more likely to have to queue to use the bathroom, researchers say - and an Australia authority thinks it might have a potential help.

Residents of a new Salvation Army social housing complex in Hamilton say they are grateful to live there.

After Antonia Watson expressed support for a capital gains tax, RNZ asked the other banks what they thought.

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child was adopted on 26 September 1924. But what do children still need after 100 years? Audio

Minister for Child Poverty Reduction Louise Upston says the government is taking a different approach. Audio

Every year, 600 people are diagnosed with HPV-related cancers that could be prevented with a free vaccine

A new study shows Pasifika children in Aotearoa are 115 times more likely to be hospitalised with acute rheumatic fever than European children.

About one in eight Kiwi adults would rather go online and look at houses they cannot afford than have sex, a new survey has found.