Helen Robinson

Vaccine passes are now live and the government's website has this morning been swamped with requests.

This signals, hopefully, a summer with greater freedoms for people who are vaccinated against… Audio

Delta is attacking some of New Zealand's most marginalised groups - including those living in insecure or inadequate housing.

In the final part of our series on lockdown and poverty, RNZ social… Audio

Covid-19 may have tipped 18,000 more children into poverty.

The Child Poverty Action Group says its modelling shows more whānau have been doing it tough since the nationwide lockdown - with Māori and… Audio

The head of Auckland City Mission says is unacceptable that so many kiwi families can't put food on the table and benefits must rise substantially for that to change.

The latest child poverty… Audio

What do you get when you combine eight Southlanders, a 1980s-era tractor and almost 600 kilometres of state highway?

Well, a step closer to better health care in the south if all goes to plan.

A… Audio

Auckland's City Mission has unveiled what it describes as its most important piece of research in five years: a report into food poverty in New Zealand. Audio

Food insecurity is now a term that can be applied to many New Zealand families. A new report from the Ministry of Health says many parents are stressed and anxious about providing food. Almost one in… Audio

Women sleeping rough in Auckland will now have the option of a warm dry shelter over the winter months. Just over a week ago the Auckland City Mission opened its 10-bed night-shelter for women… Audio