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Paul Holmes: Nothing for free - it's the basic welfare rule
Cutting benefit costs a tough task, but there are avoidable mistakes.
Cutting benefit costs a tough task, but there are avoidable mistakes.
Brian Tamaki's Destiny Church has received $860,000 in Government funding, despite claims by Church members that Government departments aren't funding their projects.
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett is "a big fan" of long acting contraception for solo mums but says her Government is "not quite" at the stage of making it compulsory.
John Key says proposed reforms of the welfare sector will be rolled out in the lead up to the general election, and he says the system should make it clear that people must support themselves if they can.
Health training funds are being redirected into mental health.
Christchurch rebuild, leaky-home repairs will be pressure points.
National Party MP Tau Henare says ex-MP Hone Harawira is "so racist, he puts chocolate milk in his cup of tea".
Job-hunters desperate to find part-time work are applying in their hundreds for vacancies that pay less than minimum wage.
Brains behind successful Hawkes Bay scheme given chance to put ideas into practice nationwide.
A new Govt package will give subsidies to employers who agree to train a young person and give them a permanent job.
Child abuse complaints have more than tripled in Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo in the past five years.
New Zealand's biggest benefit fraudster, is accusing authorities of 'legalised theft'.
MP Paula Bennett is the first of the Beehive's power brokers to step out of their comfort zone - in her case, feeding the needy at a city mission - for the new series Make Your Politician Work. By Bevan Hurley.