PropertyLocal Focus: Community comes together for the homeless in lockdownFewer services calls for creative community solutions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.16 Apr 09:05 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleAussie investors end life in rat race, boost Whanganui social housingThe couple never set out to become social housing providers, but say it's a "win-win".10 Apr 05:01 PM
New ZealandSorry parents - schools won't re-open as soon as lockdown liftsMinisters of Social Development and Education front up to Parliament committee.09 Apr 01:04 AM
New Zealand'A nightmare': Single parents told to leave children in supermarket carparkThought shopping was hard under lockdown? Try being a single parent.08 Apr 09:00 PM
New ZealandBroke and desperate: Govt accused of hypocrisy over jobless immigrantsThere are 400,000 people in New Zealand on temporary visas.06 Apr 09:57 PM
New ZealandNow you can check if your boss has applied for wage subsidy schemeMinistry of Social Development website has opened a search option on wage subsidies.06 Apr 09:54 AM
EmploymentWoman says employer applied for her wage subsidy - after she was sackedHer boss applied for the scheme under her name after she was made redundant.05 Apr 10:07 PM
New ZealandDay 12: Will lockdown be extended?Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives the latest on the Covid-19 lockdown.05 Apr 08:14 PM
New ZealandVirus could force 100,000 Kiwis to join benefit queue, many for the first time"Nobody is going to come out the other side without needing some support."05 Apr 03:30 AM
New ZealandGovt to bolster MSD for likely benefit numbers spikeUnemployment is expected to jump significantly – as is the number of benefit seekers.03 Apr 10:34 PM
New ZealandNew self-contained units for Wellington's homelessNew facility for rough sleepers during Covid-19, demand on soup kitchen doubles.31 Mar 01:09 AM
New ZealandCoronavirus: Homeless being placed in motels for lockdown"They are freaked out that everything is closing down and they'll be stuck on the street."25 Mar 01:16 AM
New ZealandTravel deadline extended to Friday as stranded students struggle to get home by lockdownStudents trying to rush home as part-time jobs disappear or flatmates desert them.24 Mar 05:56 AM
New ZealandCoronavirus: Schools close indefinitely with just minutes' noticeSchool closures effective immediately, told only via media.23 Mar 03:41 AM
PoliticsCoronavirus support: $25/week for beneficiaries, help for working familiesPeople who have to self isolate but have run out of sick days will have costs covered.17 Mar 02:45 AM
New ZealandOne year on: Lives put on hold by the mosque attacksA chef shot in the mosque attacks last year fears for the future of his young family.12 Mar 08:35 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandPolitical Roundup: 'Significant' increases in benefits not enoughMany experts have been campaigning for much larger increases than the 3 per cent rise.27 Feb 01:13 AM
New ZealandPM announces larger-than-usual increases for social welfare benefitsThe benefit increases are the largest since Bill English's one-off boost of $25 a week.24 Feb 05:17 AM
BusinessA tenth of young Kiwis not in employment or training. What is Govt doing about it?The Government is taking steps to challenge rising youth unemployment rates.10 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandAutistic man sexually assaulted but service caring for him did nothingStaff failed to keep the man safe and "had many opportunities arose to do so", HDC finds.06 Feb 09:35 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandMike Hosking: Misery is a booming businessOn any social indicator you care to name the welfare business is running at full steam.29 Jan 05:00 PM
New ZealandFlatmates charged $150k after Work and Income say they are loversThey say they're flatmates. Work and Income says they're lovers. Now they owe $150k.23 Jan 04:28 PM
New ZealandSolo mum with four children one of thousands in emergency housingFigures reveal the Government spent nearly $50m on emergency housing in just three months.23 Jan 04:38 AM
New ZealandGovernment defends soaring benefit numbersNew figures reveal an increase of more than 15,000 people.22 Jan 11:44 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandKathryn's story: Child homicide, fraud, and an insurmountable debtKathryn died in September with a fraud conviction and a $117,000 debt hanging over her.22 Jan 11:16 PM
New ZealandMarket pressure: Social housing wait list jumps 42% in monthVulnerable people priced out of the market as people look further afield than Wellington.09 Jan 07:05 PM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand'We need to act now': Taskforce to tackle poverty, housingPlan comes as solo dad and son, 5, spend a second Christmas living in a tent in city park.03 Jan 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandChanging face of Auckland: Swathes of state housing coming to a suburb near youIt's one of Auckland's biggest changes since World War II and it's in almost every suburb.29 Nov 10:00 PM
New ZealandBeneficiaries penalised for falling in loveJacinda Ardern is being asked to drop penalties for beneficiaries who start relationships.24 Nov 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandRotorua becoming 'slum' as motels overrun with beneficiariesSome say Rotorua is becoming a slum and a dumping ground for MSD clients in motels.22 Nov 06:00 PM
New ZealandTrevor Mallard throws Simon Bridges out of Parliament - againIt is the third time that Trevor Mallard has thrown out Simon Bridges.13 Nov 04:07 AM
New ZealandWinston Peters fact-check: $18k repayment amount 'demonstrably false' in 2017It emerged in court last week that Winston Peters had repaid $17,936.43.10 Nov 10:07 PM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand'Disheartening, stressful and unsettling': Transitional housing staysThe government has spent more than $9 million on transitional housing in Tauranga.10 Nov 09:21 PM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand500 homes 'gathering dust' during housing crisis"We had been steadily expanding the stock and we just had to stop," one group said.10 Nov 04:00 PM
