Unprecedented increase in beneficiaries
The number has risen by 12 per cent, the highest increase ever in the past 24 years.
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Two-tier welfare: White New Zealanders more likely to get new, more generous benefit
The benefit for Covid jobless is worth twice as much as the existing unemployment benefit.
'Unacceptable' crime concerns prompt action over Fenton St emergency housing
Locals are fed up with badly behaved emergency housing clients.
Taxpayer bill for Rotorua's homeless tops $5m
Why is there so much money being spent on emergency housing in Rotorua?
Three months ago, rough sleeping was virtually eliminated in NZ. Has it stayed that way?
Rough sleepers have been returning to Auckland streets - but it's not what it seems.
Motelier asked to rip off emergency housing scheme
A motelier is warning about a potential emergency housing scam.
Accused fraudster fights MSD over use of personal information
MSD has previously been criticised for breaching its clients' privacy.
Company to pay nearly $60k in Covid redundancy case
The first case of Covid-19 redundancies found two staffers unfairly dismissed.
Heat or eat? The tough decision some elderly people are making
There are concerns over how some seniors will cope once special energy payment ends.
Covid's grim toll: NZ approaches unwanted milestone
Dire economic conditions mean welfare numbers have peaked at historic levels.
Relationship break up fabricated to swindle benefits
Dunedin couple ripped off the Ministry of Social Development for six years.
Person makes threats at Thames MSD branch
The MSD's Thames St branch is in lockdown after receiving threats earlier today
PM v Rob Fyfe - 'Remiss of me' not to thank ex-Air NZ boss; 'job's not done yet'
'Perhaps he thought he was exiting and I didn't' - Jacinda Ardern
Wage subsidy investigation: Firm claims $84,000, director abruptly leaves NZ
Hokitika gold mine and luxury stationery seller probed over subsidy claims.
Tūrangi police's family harm persistence pays off
This week's Tūrangi police report covers quad bikes, family harm and the move to level 1.
Baby uplifts: Oranga Tamariki fires back, says report 'silent on the interest of babies'
It came after the Children's Commissioner told often-harrowing stories about uplifts.
Baby uplifts: Mother first discovered her baby would be uplifted into state care while she was in labour
Mother was halfway through labour when she learned her baby was to be taken.
MSD asked to mind accuracy, quality assurance after redundancy pay error
It comes after people were wrongly denied the benefit based on redundancy payments.
Local Focus: Business successes star in video series
100% Sweet launches youth employment initiative. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Minister's office 'not interested' in wage subsidy fraud figures
The number of complaints, audits and money paid back are only provided quarterly.
Private girls school pays back some of wage subsidy - but should it return the lot?
The school says it can keep $225,000. MSD and legal experts say otherwise.
Rough sleeping all but eliminated in NZ in six weeks of lockdown
The Covid crisis has had a silver lining: Nearly every rough sleeper has been housed.
200,000 Kiwis in Australia with no social security
About 650,000 Kiwis live across the Ditch and many have little or no access to welfare.
Urgent income support changes in Govt info dump
MSD made major, urgent changes to its model for benefit of clients, staff in pandemic.
Numbers soar: 1000 people a day went on benefit during April
Demand for food parcels also skyrocketed by more than 200 per cent in just two months.
Some wage subsidy recipients' names could be kept secret
MSD says it has yet to make publicly available details of individual claims for subsidy.
Private schools charging full fees claim $11.7m in Govt wage subsidy
Private schools say the loss of international students during lockdown has hit them hard.
Big law firms don't need subsidy: Simon Bridges
Opposition Leader says major firms do not need the Government's wage subsidy.
Govt prepares for hundreds of thousands of new benefit applications
The MSD is bracing for a massive increase in welfare applications.
Analysis: Who are New Zealand's new jobless?
One of the biggest information gaps we have is real-time data on unemployment.
$17m being paid back: Govt eyes legal action as businesses flout subsidy rules
More than $17m will be paid back to the Govt from businesses that took up the scheme.
'Tsunami' of demand for food parcels, families wait four hours in Māngere
"It's almost as if a tsunami has happened," says the CEO of a budgeting service.
Winston Peters' privacy breached but claim fails because leaker could not be found
Winston Peters said the case had caused "considerable stress".