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Beneficiary loses luxury wheels
A sickness beneficiary with a taxpayer-subsidised state house was instead living in an upmarket Auckland suburb and driving luxury cars worth $250,000.
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.
An official survey has found that families with children are far more likely to be in hardship than any other New Zealanders.
Cliff Robinson has invested a lifetime raising his disabled son and daughter and is fighting the Government to lighten his load.
For some families, the dole is a better option than Working for Families tax credits. Simon Collins investigates what's wrong.
An ACC staff member emailed a recent widow saying: "Just so you know ... I am not God and therefore I do not determine when people live or die".
Private-school scholarships for poorer students have been attacked as an "elitist" use of taxpayers' money.
If some beneficiaries are too dangerous to be dealt with face-to-face, their benefits should be cancelled says Kerre Woodham.
Beneficiaries who undergo a review after a year on an unemployment benefit will not lose that assistance if they can't find work, Paula Bennett says.
A man who lived in a state house while he rented out two properties of his own has been sentenced for defrauding the taxpayer.
Thirteen of the 20 highest-paid beneficiaries and almost a third of those on more than $1000 a week are looking after other people's children.
Free trips for pensioners on Waiheke Island ferries are under review because they are costing the SuperGold Card scheme too much.