A Christchurch woman with breast cancer was horrified when she found Work and Income noted her inability to work was down to "sexual activity".
The woman, Louise, who didn't want her surname to be published, told Fairfax Media she was "horrified" when she saw the note on her case file, and asked for it to be removed.
She was assured by her case manager it would be, but it wasn't removed when she called a second time.
"I just felt, it was too far. I'm annoyed they never took it off, and they're just so dismissive of people on benefits," she told Fairfax Media.
"I definitely don't want it there - they're my personal records. And what kind of a reason is that to even have for not working?"