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In recent public debate about child poverty blame has been laid once again on parents having too many children.  Correspondents and opinion...

Many thanks to Rebecca Fraser, manager of a community organisation that works with single parents, for this post. The Budget released this...

On Friday I went to the Wellington launch of a new book, Child Poverty in New Zealand, by Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple (Bridget William...

Star Wars was my first movie, a metaphor for tolerance if not celebration of difference if ever there was one.  I’ve explore...

Welcome, those who do not agree with seeing those most impoverished in our society treated like the cause of the recession, to the National ...

Tonight I am putting a motion to the Puketapapa Local Board opposing any deal for an international convention centre in Auckland that result...

How to reduce the cost of state services without doing anything about reducing the actual demand 1.  Announce that support that used to be...

On Monday the NZ Herald started a week-long series looking at the gap between rich and poor in Auckland.  On the first day they examined two...

In case you hadn't spotted it: tomorrow night at 7.30, TV3 is screening a programme about child poverty in New Zealand. It should be wel...

the human rights commission diversity forum is an annual event that has been going on for several years. you can get a background informatio...

Observation the First - If kids are going without breakfast their mums probably are too I get really fed up with the narrative that seems t...

following on from my post of yesterday, below is the speech i gave at an international women's day event yesterday: I’m going to talk ab...

it's international women's day today, and i attended an event in garden place where a number of women addressed the question posed i...

Something interesting is happening out there in medialand. After scores of examples of people rushing into the comments pages to trash benef...

a quick post to direct you to a rare piece that has something positive to say about single mums and beneficiaries: The two-dollar heroes ba...

while we're all (hopefully) enjoying our holidays, i thought i'd share this video clip posted on facebook by helen clark, about wome...

community law centres are not an organisation that get a lot of press attention, despite the fact that they provide a vital service to the c...

There's an excellent article on the housing group report in this morning's Dom-Post by Prof. Phillippa Howden-Chapman, director of ...