In the year up to last December, 7630 new jobs were created in the public sector.

A buffer against Covid-19 uncertainty.

One mother drove from Te Awamutu to donate gifts to the Auckland City Mission.

The Government says a six-year cut-off for complaints against the state could be scrapped.

Report shows the number of people passing through care possibly six times higher.

Govt needs to lift benefits and build more houses, Children's Commissioner says.

Almost 23,000 people have come to the end of the payment without finding a job.

Housing people in motels cost the Govt $83m in the last three months alone.

Leticia Margaret Drake was convicted of benefit fraud that spanned over 10 years.

Porirua City Council excluded rates revenue from its application.

IDEA Services is still reviewing how it provides vocational services for the disabled.

Review of IHC services draws damning submission from parents of intellectually disabled.

Solo mum 'Ana Pahulu battled poverty raising her child. University changed their lives.

Getting a job is hard for minorities and migrants. Covid-19 is making it worse.

The number has risen by 12 per cent, the highest increase ever in the past 24 years.

The benefit for Covid jobless is worth twice as much as the existing unemployment benefit.

Rough sleepers have been returning to Auckland streets - but it's not what it seems.

MSD has previously been criticised for breaching its clients' privacy.

The first case of Covid-19 redundancies found two staffers unfairly dismissed.

Dire economic conditions mean welfare numbers have peaked at historic levels.