Helen Robinson

Three Auckland marae are teaming up to run Christmas drive-throughs, giving away parcels to whanau in desperate need of holiday cheer.

Together with Auckland City Mission, Maori providers are filling… Audio

This week the Auckland City Mission was handed the keys to a brand new nine-storey building on Hobson Street. It's called HomeGround, and heralds an exciting new phase for the mission's work. Auckland… Audio

The Auckland City Mission is hoping to bring Christmas cheer to the city's homeless this year - despite the difficulties posed by Covid restrictions. Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson tells… Audio

The Auckland City Mission is working overtime to deliver Christmas spirit to those who need it most. It expects to provide about nine thousand parcels of food this year, and if all someone wants for… Audio

Covid restrictions have hit the communal Christmas lunches throughout the country with all of the main events cancelled. Auckland City Mission have also cancelled their annual sit-down lunch but those… Audio

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