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Oranga Tamariki wrong not to follow up abuse reports, review finds
Agency got it wrong by not investigating 9 out of 14 reports of possible abuse or neglect.
Agency got it wrong by not investigating 9 out of 14 reports of possible abuse or neglect.
Treasury needs better ideas for containing the rising cost of NZ Superannuation.
The number of people on Jobseeker support increased by nearly 50,000 in the past year.
Calls for targeting of Best Start after $35m paid out to families on six-figure incomes.
'It is a difficult job but there is no excuse for what we have seen in the videos.'
Minister defends the spending as "better than forcing people to live in cars or in tents".
Staff were diverted to the wage subsidy with investigations to last at least another year.
The value of overpayments investigated has also dropped from $48.8m to $12.3m.
Grants for Kiwis in desperate situations also increased over $200m from the year prior.
Ardern talks borders, the Covid fund and the benefits boost in a post-Budget interview.
OPINION: The lack of a gender lens makes New Zealand a laggard compared to Australia.
THE CONVERSATION: Earlier this year, Oz treasurer scoffed at idea of a wellbeing budget.
"People from all walks of life often raise with me the issue of poverty," Ardern says.
Two solo parents at either end of NZ are doing it tough and wonder if much will change.
Calls by community leaders for more clarity around Budget allocation for Northland.
Grant Robertson's Budget won't please all, but the outlook is better than most expected.
Better luck next year: Business disappointed but forecasts suggest more stimulus to come.
The Auckland Action Against Poverty group invites PM Jacinda Ardern to meet with them and discuss a lift in benefit levels. Video / Supplied
A seven-month circumnavigation of NZ is over for American solo sailor Elana Connor.
Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?
''The supervisors told us we were getting executed and we've got to dig our graves.''
A woman raped by welfare home staff outlines her ordeal.
Opinion: Some young people feel safer on the streets than in emergency accommodation.
People in emergency accommodation now charged 25 per cent of their income towards costs.
Associate Housing Minister Marama Davidson not satisfied emergency housing is fully safe.
Inquiry warned to watch costs after seeking funding top-ups three times.
Distressing revelations about life in emergency housing continue to emerge.
Whānau struggling with rents are being bumped across emergency accommodation providers.
The minimum wage and benefit levels get a boost today, as part of a package of changes.
175,000 New Zealanders to receive the increase when minimum wage increases to $20 an hour.