Computer terminals used for 13 years by job seekers at Winz offices had the same security flaw as the self-service kiosks at the centre of the major privacy breach.

A Rotorua man has admitted benefit fraud which lasted more than 15 years.

Paula Bennett says she is embarrassed by the "atrocious'' performance of Winz staff who twice failed to react to warnings over public computer kiosks.

More information is about to be made public about the Ministry of Social Development's privacy breaches.

Jobseekers have spent thousands of dollars of public money at Glassons and Hallensteins in an attempt to impress future employers at interviews.

Auckland District Health Board staff have blundered by sending a journalist an envelope filled with personal information and are now apologising to the people involved.

There will undoubtedly be some gardening leave on offer soon at the Ministry of Social Development, writes political commentator Bryce Edwards.

The State Services Commissioner says the Winz security failure has breached any trust Kiwis had in the Govt and has ordered a review of publicly-accessible systems.

The Prime Minister has taken a swipe at the person who was first to discover a major security flaw in Work and Income's self-service kiosks.

Prime Minister John Key has called for a full review following the privacy breach at Winz, where sensitive files were found on publicly accessed self-service computers in two of Wellington's Winz branches.

Prime Minister John Key has called for a Government-wide review of online information after the Government's largest security breach.

A barrister in privacy law says it is unlikely Keith Ng will face legal action for publishing the fact he'd seen a security gap in WINZ computer systems.

'I sent through an email from work to head office to let them know that this problem existed,' a beneficiary advocate says.

A Far North GP says many of his patients have been just as desperate as hunger striker Sam Kuha.

Toby Manhire says slash a parent's benefit and you hurt their children - children who, chances are, already have it extremely tough. To argue otherwise is fantasyland.

A new report shows all people who were receiving a benefit from June last year would cost a total of $78 billion over their life-times if they stayed on a benefit.

Drug counsellor says it's easier to claim addiction than to get a job.