The country's Lions Clubs have struck a deal with the Reserve Bank to get the full value of defunct NZ coins, for charity.

A sole parent says she has lost a sixth of her bodyweight because she has not been able to eat properly since the Govt tightened access to training subsidies for beneficiaries.

Whether it's the boss or the bureaucrats, the answer's the same: mind your own business.

John Armstrong writes that the working group's prescription for change may be blinkered by ideology such as time limits.

A CYF supervisor says an oversight meant a parental assessment was not carried out for a baby boy who was returned to his parents and allegedly drowned by his mother.

Dita De Boni wonders whether a food stamp scheme for those on low incomes could work in New Zealand.

The Govt is likely to continue with further reform aimed at reducing long-term welfare dependency, John Key says.

Those on an invalid or sickness benefit may have to defend their right to it if recommended changes to the welfare system are taken up by the Government.

Controversial new data suggests that more than half of all sole parents on the domestic purposes benefit first became beneficiaries as teens.

A growing number of unemployed couples are living apart so one can claim the domestic purposes benefit to get more money, say beneficiary advocates.

Let's assume for the sake of argument that people are more open to the idea of a later age of retirment eligibility than they give us credit for.