Flatmates charged $150k after Work and Income say they are lovers
They say they're flatmates. Work and Income says they're lovers. Now they owe $150k.
They say they're flatmates. Work and Income says they're lovers. Now they owe $150k.
Figures reveal the Government spent nearly $50m on emergency housing in just three months.
It's part of a review into how to keep more Māori babies in the care of their whānau.
Māori women are three times more likely to be killed by a partner than non-Māori.
Media coverage of the issues was like pulling a band-aid off an "already festering wound".
They were two friends sharing a flat. But Work and Income thought otherwise.
Jacinda Ardern is being asked to drop penalties for beneficiaries who start relationships.
Oranga Tamariki boss Grainne Moss on the report into the uplift of a Hastings baby in May. Video / Derek Cheng
Oranga Tamariki boss Grainne Moss has offered an apology but the family has declined it
Arthur Taylor will tell his story at tomorrow's Royal Commission of Inquiry hearing
The Children's Commissioner is calling for an end to "care and protection residences".
Tenancy Tribunal order allows Haumaru Housing to dispose of dead man's property.
The charity has seen a 40 per cent increase in demand for food parcels this year.
Agreement the fourth the Ministry has signed with an iwi in the past year.
Social workers would be available around the clock under John Tamihere's mayoral policy.
The makeshift camp grew larger over the last week, angering some neighbours.
Lives of 500 children raised as state wards exposed - inside the horrors of a boys' home.
Files included behaviour, criminal offending, family and medical details.
There is concern over a lack of housing for the city's most vulnerable as waitlist soars.
Hui supported by Māoridom's leaders to begin an inquiry into "without notice" uplifts.
Jacoby Poulain said she felt the DHB was missing from the two inquiries.
"Whānau has been traumatised, and they need some opportunities to do this at their pace."
'Was that mother given a proper chance? Or was she just judged?'
Social worker joked about 'bonuses'. Three weeks later, her daughter was uplifted.
Researchers are calling for a change in approach at Oranga Tamariki.
Change to welfare payments applauded, but an urgent increase still needed, advocates say.
Comment: "There are many ways any business can influence wellbeing beyond paying a wage."
Ngati Kahungunu planning to stop all children from being uplifted.
The Greens will be underwhelmed by Government's response to a damning welfare review.
Govt has acted immediately after a review concluded NZ's welfare system was broken.