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Winz spends up on fashion
Jobseekers have spent thousands of dollars of public money at Glassons and Hallensteins in an attempt to impress future employers at interviews.
![Bennett: privacy failures 'one-off'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Bennett: privacy failures 'one-off'
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says there is not a systemic problem with privacy at Work and Income NZ.
![Winz breach: Key calls for full review](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Winz breach: Key calls for full review
Prime Minister John Key has called for a Government-wide review of online information after the Government's largest security breach.
![Blogger unlikely to be prosecuted](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Blogger unlikely to be prosecuted
A barrister in privacy law says it is unlikely Keith Ng will face legal action for publishing the fact he'd seen a security gap in WINZ computer systems.
![Hunger strike ends with big breakfast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Hunger strike ends with big breakfast
A Northland beneficiary has broken his 30-day hunger strike with a "Broadway Breakie" complete with eggs, sausages, hashbrowns, bacon and two flat whites.
![White Paper misses opportunity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
White Paper misses opportunity
The proposed new multi-agency plans for each child, backed by an IT system accessible by all agencies, should have been set up years ago, writes Simon Collins.
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Protester's plea to minister
A hunger striker on his 27th day without food has written an open letter to Social Development Minister Paula Bennett pleading with her to stop "stalling policies" on food grants.
![Residents asked to billet homeless](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Residents asked to billet homeless
As Wellington tries to find creative solutions to its housing problem, city residents are being called on to offer their spare rooms to the homeless.
![Hunger striker hopes to meet Bennett](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Hunger striker hopes to meet Bennett
Disabled hunger striker Sam Kuha is hoping to meet Social Development Minister Paula Bennett in Auckland tomorrow.
![Tapu Misa: Still searching for right way to help poor kids](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Tapu Misa: Still searching for right way to help poor kids
Good teachers matter, but the problem with conflating education and poverty is that the focus can narrow unhelpfully on one piece of the puzzle, writes Tapu Misa.
![$1 meals boost kids' health](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
$1 meals boost kids' health
A Putaruru school serving up compulsory breakfasts and hot lunches for just $1 a meal says the benefits are showing in students' dental records.
![Gareth Morgan: Benefit tightening won't reduce unemployment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Gareth Morgan: Benefit tightening won't reduce unemployment
Gareth Morgan says the Social Security Amendment Bill could be the "most irrelevant sideshow" in the circus that is tighter targeting of social benefits.
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Benefit tests only for the most at risk
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has admitted the Government does not have the resources to test all beneficiaries under tough new welfare reforms.
![Children go hungry amid plenty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Children go hungry amid plenty
A quarter of primary and intermediate pupils in poorer Waikato areas go to school hungry, researchers have found.