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 woman accused of murdering her baby son by leaving him alone in the bath knew CPR but did not try to resuscitate him because she thought it was too late, a court has been told.

A mother accused of murdering her baby said she felt "incapable" of looking after her children.

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.

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.