Susan St John, associate professor in the economics department of the University of Auckland Business School and spokeswoman for the Child Poverty Action Group, questions the results claimed for new rules on benefits.

An ex-gangster's wife has admitted using documents to dishonestly claim $12,000 from taxpayers.

Paula Bennett admits that part of her welfare reforms breach the Bill of Rights Act but says it would not bother most people.

Work testing sole parents on the DPB is an unjustifiable breach of human rights, Attorney-General Chris Finlayson told Parliament today.

More than 150,000 people have petitioned to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but Act says $12.75 is already too much. Simon Collins investigates.

A man who stole the identities of dead infants to commit benefit fraud gave himself up after 16 years on the run.

New laws to make sole parents look for work after their youngest children turn 6 will be phased in over several years, the Govt says.

The mother of the 12-year-old girl John Key took to Waitangi three years ago says she feels let down by the Prime Minister.

A sickness beneficiary with a taxpayer-subsidised state house was instead living in an upmarket Auckland suburb and driving luxury cars worth $250,000.

Today's unemployment figure has surprised many, with most - including the Reserve Bank, expecting a figure well under 7 per cent.

Angela McCarthy finds a company helping women get back to work.

An official survey has found that families with children are far more likely to be in hardship than any other New Zealanders.

For some families, the dole is a better option than Working for Families tax credits. Simon Collins investigates what's wrong.