Welfare changes - what you need to know
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Beneficiaries' 'desperate situation': Welfare changes after damning review
Govt has acted immediately after a review concluded NZ's welfare system was broken.
Home truths: what hurts and helps Kiwi kids' development
Kids from troubled homes struggle later - but in spite of poverty some beat the odds.
Oversight for Oranga Tamariki beefed up
Ombudsman given more powers to investigate complaints from children in care.
Child-poverty targets just got tougher to reach
Latest figures reveal the Govt has a bigger task ahead of it than previously believed.
$3.4m error: 25,000 wrongly get winter energy payment
MSD has admitted 25,000 people were mistakenly paid the entitlement, costing $3.4m
Whangārei man turned down job by Air NZ over tā moko
"To have Air New Zealand call it body art made me feel shit for being Māori."
Only 1 in 4 new public housing places in Auckland are new builds
The Government is "cannibalising" affordable houses for public housing, NGOs say.
Meet the hardest working foster parents in NZ
They haven't had a sleep-in since 1982, and they've changed more than 100,000 nappies.
Staff at three depts had Barry complaints
Details of conduct criticisms about former minister will remain secret.
Makeshift village for homeless sparks backlash from other residents
Tauranga church property turned into a makeshift village for a 24 homeless people
Brian Fallow: Give fair pay a go
Comment: Too often, workers are caught in a race to the bottom.
Govt could change discriminatory welfare law
A landmark case may change the way people on both ACC and welfare are compensated.
MSD agrees law around ACC is discriminatory
The law meant one woman received only $576 of her $40,000 back payment.
Screentime for kids: Warning over 'alarming' toll on young Kiwi pre-schoolers
Mum tells of her sons' scary "addiction" to screens" in response to study.
'Thanks for giving me money': Kiwi talks up better life in Aussie
'Thank you for giving us rent allowance fortnightly, thank you for paying all our bond.'
Public servants should ask before they snoop
Government departments need permission before using subterfuge in investigations.
The gap between the rich and poor at university in New Zealand
This summer we look back at the big stories of the year. This is from September.
One in five Kiwi kids still without access to food: report
Child poverty figures remain stagnant, frustrating Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft.
Kiwis more worried about petrol prices than poverty
Petrol prices are now more concerning to Kiwis than poverty and healthcare.
Ex-inmate housed in motel assaults owner's daughter
Corrections Minister says privacy laws have to be considered when housing ex-prisoners.
Vulnerable kids placed in motel with sex offender
Serial sex offender Ronald Jeffries shared a motel with several vulnerable families.
Debbie Power to head MSD when Brendan Boyle steps down
Appointment comes as MSD undergoes a culture change to make it 'kinder'
Child poverty mishap: Poverty rates unknown
Unusually low response rates from low-income families have skewed the surveys.
All Work and Income offices to get $2.5m makeover
All of Work and Income's offices will get a makeover to make them friendlier.
No more using fake names, welfare bosses pledge
Welfare services to stop using fake names and signatures when dealing with "risky" clients
Govt 'action plan' to target construction labour shortage
Ministers have a six point plan to develop '21st century' skills for workers
Ministry's use of fake names unlawful, court rules
It was revealed last year the Ministry were using fictitious names on their decisions.
Work and Income accused of 'prying' into people's sex lives
Whether people are single or a couple affects their eligibility for benefits.
Big read: How a high-school drop-out dared to dream of university
New university data indicates circumstances you're born into are likely yours for life.
New housing project will provide accommodation for over 150 homeless people
"A particularly nice way of using existing housing but re-purposing it to meet the need."
Sports event puts pressure on accommodation for homeless
Te Tuinga Whānau says it has 47 clients with nowhere to stay during the Aims Games.
Waikato mum's 'entitlement' in $90k benefit fraud brings home detention
Judge lambastes Dione Jean Millen's self-entitled attitude after defending her fraud.
Deborah Hill Cone: Let's not descend to Parliament's level
COMMENT: We can't uncover our deeper emotions if we argue like sulky teenagers.