New ZealandAnother Winz privacy breach revealedAnother Work and Income related privacy breach has come to light, following three already revealed this week.26 Oct 01:29 AM
New ZealandWinz spends up on fashionJobseekers have spent thousands of dollars of public money at Glassons and Hallensteins in an attempt to impress future employers at interviews.24 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandBennett: privacy failures 'one-off'Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says there is not a systemic problem with privacy at Work and Income NZ.24 Oct 06:18 AM
New ZealandWinz breach: Key calls for full reviewPrime Minister John Key has called for a Government-wide review of online information after the Government's largest security breach.15 Oct 06:33 AM
New ZealandBlogger unlikely to be prosecutedA 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.15 Oct 12:11 AM
New ZealandWinz alerted to breach last year'I sent through an email from work to head office to let them know that this problem existed,' a beneficiary advocate says.14 Oct 09:13 PM
OpinionTapu MisaTapu Misa: Child abuse plan shows a lack of vision"Paula Bennett is right when she says poverty isn't an excuse for child abuse," writes Tapu Misa. "There is no excuse for child abuse."14 Oct 08:30 PM
New ZealandHunger strike ends with big breakfastA Northland beneficiary has broken his 30-day hunger strike with a "Broadway Breakie" complete with eggs, sausages, hashbrowns, bacon and two flat whites.11 Oct 11:53 PM
OpinionSimon CollinsWhite Paper misses opportunityThe 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.10 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandProtester's plea to ministerA 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.09 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandGovt eyes school-food aidFood programmes for hungry Kiwi schoolchildren may soon get a boost from the Government to top off an overwhelming public response to recent media appeals.05 Oct 04:30 PM
New ZealandResidents asked to billet homelessAs Wellington tries to find creative solutions to its housing problem, city residents are being called on to offer their spare rooms to the homeless.04 Oct 08:23 PM
New ZealandHunger striker hopes to meet BennettDisabled hunger striker Sam Kuha is hoping to meet Social Development Minister Paula Bennett in Auckland tomorrow.03 Oct 09:56 PM
OpinionTapu MisaTapu Misa: Still searching for right way to help poor kidsGood 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.30 Sep 04:30 PM
New Zealand$1 meals boost kids' healthA Putaruru school serving up compulsory breakfasts and hot lunches for just $1 a meal says the benefits are showing in students' dental records.25 Sep 05:30 PM
OpinionGareth Morgan: Benefit tightening won't reduce unemploymentGareth Morgan says the Social Security Amendment Bill could be the "most irrelevant sideshow" in the circus that is tighter targeting of social benefits.23 Sep 09:30 PM
New ZealandBenefit tests only for the most at riskSocial Development Minister Paula Bennett has admitted the Government does not have the resources to test all beneficiaries under tough new welfare reforms.23 Sep 05:30 PM
