Rentals 'snatched up within a day of being listed' in Tauranga
Tauranga was in the top 10 most expensive districts to rent in during August.
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Covid-19 wage subsidy fraudster jailed
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Working For Families is failing poor whānau, review won't help
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'Shocking': Payment error leaves half of beneficiaries out of pocket
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'It's pretty awesome': Mother lands first job at age 41
The woman completed the course, with a 90 per cent success rate getting wāhine into jobs.
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Teresa White: 80 per cent of all attachment orders collected from beneficiaries
MSD attachment orders just keep punishing the poor and Māori.
Migrant pensioner wins fight against MSD after it denies his superannuation by one day
The Indian migrant lodged his application for superannuation in February 2020.
MSD investigates double-dipping on Super Rugby wage subsidies
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Two wrongs make a right: Man uses proceeds of crime to repay $21,000 in wrongfully received Covid-19 subsidies
Police found $31,000 in cash, drugs and a firearm, but they had no search warrant.
'Close to the breadline': Couple's Kiwi pension clipped due to time spent in UK
Couple argue deduction of UK pension is discrimination against immigrants in New Zealand.
Kāinga Ora plan could see up to 40 small apartments built
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What the changes to child support payments mean for beneficiaries
Parents will start receiving the payments from August 22 if the liable parent pays.
’We need a system that treats people with respect’: Calls to wipe welfare debt
Beneficiaries owe the Government $2.4 billion nationally.
Man accused of wrongly claiming nearly $1 million in Covid-19 wage subsidy
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Meng Foon accepts he's resigned, doesn't rule out future work in public sector
The Race Relations Commissioner's intended resignation was earlier thrown into doubt.
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MSD staffer brought bag of fake ‘meth’ to work as 'joke'
Former staff member alleges stunt indicative of work culture at WINZ, scorn for clients.
MSD debt balloons to $2.4 billion, family debt rises 25 per cent in a year
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