Benefit fraud prosecutions drop 90 per cent in five years
The value of overpayments investigated has also dropped from $48.8m to $12.3m.
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Housing crisis, Covid-19 see $200m transitional housing budget blowout
Grants for Kiwis in desperate situations also increased over $200m from the year prior.
Government invests $10m in support programme for Māori women in prison
The announcement was made at Christchurch Women's Prison today.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour's Budget 'timid and cautious'
OPINION: The Australian Budget is "ambitious and bold" by comparison.
'Keeping an open mind': PM on border re-opening
Ardern talks borders, the Covid fund and the benefits boost in a post-Budget interview.
Women left behind in Budget 2021
OPINION: The lack of a gender lens makes New Zealand a laggard compared to Australia.
Australia v NZ: You can tell a lot about a country by the way it budgets
THE CONVERSATION: Earlier this year, Oz treasurer scoffed at idea of a wellbeing budget.
Ardern hits back at claims Budget not for jobs, middle New Zealand
"People from all walks of life often raise with me the issue of poverty," Ardern says.
'The money left over wouldn't stretch to a new sweater': Beneficiary bags budget
Two solo parents at either end of NZ are doing it tough and wonder if much will change.
Housing forum, NorthChamber welcome benefit increase
Calls by community leaders for more clarity around Budget allocation for Northland.
Editorial: A very Labour Budget in a very unusual time
Grant Robertson's Budget won't please all, but the outlook is better than most expected.
Liam Dann: Robertson looks to keep 'better-than-expected' story rolling
Better luck next year: Business disappointed but forecasts suggest more stimulus to come.
Auckland Action Against Poverty invites PM Ardern to discuss benefit payments
The Auckland Action Against Poverty group invites PM Jacinda Ardern to meet with them and discuss a lift in benefit levels. Video / Supplied
Budget 2021: Beneficiary advocacy group calls benefit increase 'weak'
Auckland Action Against Poverty says the increase does not restore dignity for families
Government announces $3.3 billion to lift 33,000 children out of poverty
Weekly benefit rates will be lifted by between $32 and $55 per adult by April 2022.
Elana Connor's solo sail around NZ raises $43k for teens in care
A seven-month circumnavigation of NZ is over for American solo sailor Elana Connor.
Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?
Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?
Rape, digging your own grave, mock executions part of horrific Social Welfare camp
''The supervisors told us we were getting executed and we've got to dig our graves.''
Woman's suspicion about miscarriage validated during inquiry
A woman raped by welfare home staff outlines her ordeal.
Homeless shelter: 'I felt sick just being in there'
Opinion: Some young people feel safer on the streets than in emergency accommodation.
Govt spends $5.5m on IT to charge for emergency motel stays
People in emergency accommodation now charged 25 per cent of their income towards costs.
'Inhumane': Minister takes aim at emergency housing
Associate Housing Minister Marama Davidson not satisfied emergency housing is fully safe.
Cost blowout for $56m inquiry into care
Inquiry warned to watch costs after seeking funding top-ups three times.
Emergency housing: Woman beaten unconscious, children being 'put at risk'
Distressing revelations about life in emergency housing continue to emerge.
'Motel generation' feared as emergency housing need continues
Whānau struggling with rents are being bumped across emergency accommodation providers.
'$20 an hour'- Minimum wage and benefits get a boost from today!
The minimum wage and benefit levels get a boost today, as part of a package of changes.
Watch: PM faces questions on rents, Covid at post-Cab presser
175,000 New Zealanders to receive the increase when minimum wage increases to $20 an hour.
Acting OT chief Sir Wira Gardiner: 'What we need is ngakau aroha'
Acting Oranga Tamariki chief Sir Wira Gardiner urges aroha in decision-making. Video / Maori Television
Acting OT chief Sir Wira Gardiner: 'What we need is ngākau aroha'
Sir Wira has a six-month brief to restore public confidence in the long-beleaguered agency
School lunches feed pensioners in lockdown
"I didn't realise it was so good, and I'm grateful that the kids are getting this."
Māori leaders to head Oranga Tamariki advisory board
It comes days after the embattled agency's chief executive resigned.
Focus Live: Judith Collins gives State of the Nation speech
National Party leader Judith Collins gave her State of the Nation speech, calling for government to use emergency legislation to make it easier to build houses.
'Sexually abusing in the name of Jesus. How disgusting'
A victim says pent-up frustration prompted him to stab a convicted paedophile in prison.
'Children cannot wait': Government slammed for 'unjustifiably slow' welfare reform
Child advocates say there is 'immediate, severe need, and children cannot wait'.