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Former sex workers granted benefits
Two former sex workers who have been without an income since a six-month job scheme ended on May 21 were granted unemployment benefits yesterday.
Girls of 12 working in 'young red light area', say police
Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.
<i>Bernard Hickey: </i> Cut the middle class welfare
It's time to kill the middle class welfare boondoggles.
Winz sting exposes beneficiary scam
Police have been called in after a Govt "sting" of secondhand appliance dealers found some allegedly conniving with beneficiaries to deceive Work and Income.
Minister under fire again on privacy
A request for cash to resolve a privacy complaint against Paula Bennett suggests the politician could have been at fault, a lawyer says.
$15,000 demand outrages Bennett
Paula Bennett has attacked the integrity of a solo mother who is asking for $15,000 to settle a privacy complaint against the minister.
Report links long-term sick leave to depression
People off work due to injury are likely to suffer high rates of depression and suicide, new research suggests.
Helping to foster better parents
A teaching method for caregivers of children from broken homes is "a bit like Supernanny" says the boss of a scheme aimed at coaching foster parents.