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Inside the mind of the accused gunman
The suspect at the centre of yesterday's triple shooting was a sick, homeless man who had returned to Ashburton to die.
The suspect at the centre of yesterday's triple shooting was a sick, homeless man who had returned to Ashburton to die.
The Social Development Ministry has apologised to a widow who was paid the wrong pension and then placed on "stand-down" after her husband died.
Most ACC clients who complain about their treatment by the accident insurer believe their grievances have been handled poorly by the corporation, a new Auditor General's report has found.
The Government is to extend its control of spending by young beneficiaries to all teen parents and many 18 and 19-year-olds.
A government crackdown on welfare fraud shows that $45 million has been saved by stopping thousands of illegitimate benefit payments in the past year.
100 low-income families were asked what they needed to get out of poverty. Here are their answers.
A South Dunedin man is calling for more support for people trying to start their own businesses.
Beneficiary advocates say Social Development Minister Paula Bennett is unfairly trying to paint beneficiaries as extravagant after she disclosed how many had benefits suspended for unapproved trips abroad.
Advocates are upset an Australian company is the big winner in Winz experiment that will pay contractors up to $12k to help beneficiaries into paid work.
Of 8,001 beneficiaries sent for jobs requiring drug testing, only 22 tested positive or refused to take tests, a result that has been greeted as a victory by the Social Development Minister.
The Prime Minister's reaction to the latest survey of child poverty was predictable but misguided. It is not just about jobs.
More than 5300 benefits costing $56 million a year have been cut off due to an information sharing arrangement between government departments.
Work and Income New Zealand has apologised to a woman with a debilitating medical condition for placing her on a benefit requiring her to find work.
Rent increases have made all low-income groups in Auckland except superannuitants worse off in real terms than they were five years ago, according to the Salvation Army.
A solo mother has had her benefit halved, just eight weeks after having a new baby, because she failed to attend an appointment with Work and Income.
Fast-food giant McDonald's has been paid $272,000 by the Government to help unemployed people get back to work.
New measures to crack down on beneficiaries who have previously cheated the system will begin tomorrow.
A woman who wanted to flee Christchurch after becoming embroiled with a gang and set fire in her own flat has been jailed for more than four years.
Work and Income has ordered a refugee mother with a 5-month-old baby to attend a seminar
Nearly a third of employees who find work, partly thanks to a Government subsidy for their employers, are not kept on once the money runs out.
The Government claims it has detected thousands of welfare fraudsters, though Labour is questioning how many have actually committed fraud.
Young beneficiaries share their experiences of work requirements. Intended to be 'motivational' some say staff are 'pushy' and 'racist'.
Youth services are meant to be the model for transforming our welfare system from "gatekeeping" to "coaching" but results so far in Papakura are patchy.
Going back to work left Jan Berry either $23 or $40 a week worse off than she was on a benefit.
Sickness will be at best only a temporary excuse to avoid work under the new welfare regime that came into force this week.
Three children under 5 and a sick husband didn't save Carla Bradley from being told to prepare for work.
Beau De Royce fears she could be forced to work on the streets if her sickness benefit is cut as part of a cull of welfare numbers.
Prisoners in privately run Mt Eden Corrections Facility were able to access the internet through faulty computer kiosks a security review of public sector computer systems has found.