Virus could force 100,000 Kiwis to join benefit queue, many for the first time
"Nobody is going to come out the other side without needing some support."
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Govt to bolster MSD for likely benefit numbers spike
Unemployment is expected to jump significantly – as is the number of benefit seekers.
New self-contained units for Wellington's homeless
New facility for rough sleepers during Covid-19, demand on soup kitchen doubles.
Coronavirus: Homeless being placed in motels for lockdown
"They are freaked out that everything is closing down and they'll be stuck on the street."
Travel deadline extended to Friday as stranded students struggle to get home by lockdown
Students trying to rush home as part-time jobs disappear or flatmates desert them.
Coronavirus: Schools close indefinitely with just minutes' notice
School closures effective immediately, told only via media.
Coronavirus support: $25/week for beneficiaries, help for working families
People who have to self isolate but have run out of sick days will have costs covered.
One year on: Lives put on hold by the mosque attacks
A chef shot in the mosque attacks last year fears for the future of his young family.
Political Roundup: 'Significant' increases in benefits not enough
Many experts have been campaigning for much larger increases than the 3 per cent rise.
PM announces larger-than-usual increases for social welfare benefits
The benefit increases are the largest since Bill English's one-off boost of $25 a week.
A tenth of young Kiwis not in employment or training. What is Govt doing about it?
The Government is taking steps to challenge rising youth unemployment rates.
Autistic man sexually assaulted but service caring for him did nothing
Staff failed to keep the man safe and "had many opportunities arose to do so", HDC finds.
Mike Hosking: Misery is a booming business
On any social indicator you care to name the welfare business is running at full steam.
Flatmates charged $150k after Work and Income say they are lovers
They say they're flatmates. Work and Income says they're lovers. Now they owe $150k.
Solo mum with four children one of thousands in emergency housing
Figures reveal the Government spent nearly $50m on emergency housing in just three months.
Government defends soaring benefit numbers
New figures reveal an increase of more than 15,000 people.
Kathryn's story: Child homicide, fraud, and an insurmountable debt
Kathryn died in September with a fraud conviction and a $117,000 debt hanging over her.
Market pressure: Social housing wait list jumps 42% in month
Vulnerable people priced out of the market as people look further afield than Wellington.
'We need to act now': Taskforce to tackle poverty, housing
Plan comes as solo dad and son, 5, spend a second Christmas living in a tent in city park.
Changing face of Auckland: Swathes of state housing coming to a suburb near you
It's one of Auckland's biggest changes since World War II and it's in almost every suburb.
Beneficiaries penalised for falling in love
Jacinda Ardern is being asked to drop penalties for beneficiaries who start relationships.
Rotorua becoming 'slum' as motels overrun with beneficiaries
Some say Rotorua is becoming a slum and a dumping ground for MSD clients in motels.
Trevor Mallard throws Simon Bridges out of Parliament - again
It is the third time that Trevor Mallard has thrown out Simon Bridges.
Winston Peters fact-check: $18k repayment amount 'demonstrably false' in 2017
It emerged in court last week that Winston Peters had repaid $17,936.43.
'Disheartening, stressful and unsettling': Transitional housing stays
The government has spent more than $9 million on transitional housing in Tauranga.
500 homes 'gathering dust' during housing crisis
"We had been steadily expanding the stock and we just had to stop," one group said.
'Tired, cross' Tolley told family, staff about Peters' pension overpayments
Tolley says she regrets telling sister confidential info: "I was tired and I was cross."
Winston Peters says welfare staff 'covering their butts'
Winston Peters tells court that partner Jan Trotman was with him at crucial meeting.
Winston Peters in the witness stand in privacy case
Deputy PM Winston Peters is in the witness stand in the High Court today.
'It was a crime factory': Career criminal Arthur Taylor on being in state care
Arthur Taylor will tell his story at tomorrow's Royal Commission of Inquiry hearing
Poverty 'crisis': New figures show demand for food, housing
Record numbers of people are asking for help to pay for their food and accommodation.
Winston Peters presses on with lawsuit against National as details emerge
Peters says the case is a matter of protecting privacy.
Ani's story: Inside New Zealand's unending state house crisis
More families are struggling to afford a place to live. But the state safety net is gone.
Motels reap millions from emergency housing
Almost half of the top 20 providers were paid $100,000-plus in less than three years.