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The elderly and beneficiaries have been hardest hit by inflation, Statistics New Zealand has found.

In a first of its type in this country, a cheaper housing option is to be available for the capital's most vulnerable residents.

A surprise $300 million cash injection into the emergency housing is not enough to fix the problem, housing groups say. Audio

The Australian government's bid to hold a plebiscite on whether to legalise same sex marriage has been defeated in the Senate.

The government insists there is no housing crisis in New Zealand despite a surprise announcement yesterday of a $300 million injection for emergency housing.

The government will spend $300 million on emergency housing, funding an extra 1400 places around the country, the Minister for Social Housing says. Video

Labour has reaffirmed its best-start policy, which would pay $60 dollars a week to families with children under one year old, deputy leader Annette King says.

Parliament has been told it needs to seriously look at introducing a gender quota system to get more women in the house.

The Race Relations Commissioner says the kind of racial discrimination experienced by an Auckland councillor's family is something she hears about all the time. Audio

Papua New Guinea have claimed underdog status for today's Oceania Rugby Women's Championship clash against Fiji in Suva.

Labour is turning its sights to next year's election as party members and MPs gather in Auckland tonight for the party's annual conference.

The Auckland councillor whose Samoan family were refused VIP seating at this week's council swearing-in ceremony says the incident is just the latest example of systemic racism in New Zealand. Audio

Nine people have been arrested for trespassing following a protest at a recruitment agency in Auckland.

A budgeting service that has missed out on government funding says it lost the contract because it deals with the working poor rather than beneficiaries.

Fairtrade CEO says free trade agreements need to target the most marginalised to be truly successful. Audio