Latest from Ministry of Social Development

National cracks the whip on beneficiaries

Maori ministry to run Whanau Ora

<i>Editorial</i>: Charity begins at home, with a hefty rebate

PSA calls for more openness in Govt merger plans

Bennett to vacate post for scholarship to US

Paula Bennett will spend five weeks in the US looking at ways to develop new policy on expanding corporate social responsibility in NZ.

Key confirms public service mergers likely

<i>Kerre Woodham</i>: Save our kids from toxic adults

Flaws in home support plan lead to closer monitoring

Families with kids feel pinch hardest

An official survey has found that families with children are far more likely to be in hardship than any other New Zealanders.

Message at Parachute: family before moneymaking

Blues help keep youngsters up to mark

There seemed to be more laughing and joking going on than rugby as some deserving teens got to test their skills against their sporting idols.

Turia poles apart from Bennett on plan to cut off dole after year

Coroner: More suicide help needed

<i>Kerre Woodham:</i> Kick abusers off the dole

If some beneficiaries are too dangerous to be dealt with face-to-face, their benefits should be cancelled says Kerre Woodham.

NZers optimistic about 2010 - survey

$1000-plus welfare grants for other people's children

Thirteen of the 20 highest-paid beneficiaries and almost a third of those on more than $1000 a week are looking after other people's children.