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Budget: Welfare increase 'not enough'
Change to welfare payments applauded, but an urgent increase still needed, advocates say.
Unhealthy homes: Mould, leaks, disease making people dangerously sick
Since Healthy Homes began in Rotorua in 2014 it has responded to more than 830 referrals.
Advocate: No one will hire disabled workers on minimum wage
Kiwis with disabilities earned half the average income of other NZers, study finds.
Disabled woman paid $2.30/h to unwind Air NZ earphones
Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni says the rules are discriminatory.
Privacy breached during benefit fraud investigations
The Ministry of Social Development said it has made changes in its investigation approach.
Where's the substance? Peters questions major new survey
$3m survey designed by Justice Ministry staff and reviewed by experts.
Hawke's Bay Housing: How to house seasonal workers during a housing crisis
Behind a Hawke's Bay coolstore, cabins that could house people sit empty.
Welfare changes - what you need to know
The Greens will be underwhelmed by Government's response to a damning welfare review.
Beneficiaries' 'desperate situation': Welfare changes after damning review
Govt has acted immediately after a review concluded NZ's welfare system was broken.
Home truths: what hurts and helps Kiwi kids' development
Kids from troubled homes struggle later - but in spite of poverty some beat the odds.
Oversight for Oranga Tamariki beefed up
Ombudsman given more powers to investigate complaints from children in care.
Child-poverty targets just got tougher to reach
Latest figures reveal the Govt has a bigger task ahead of it than previously believed.
$3.4m error: 25,000 wrongly get winter energy payment
MSD has admitted 25,000 people were mistakenly paid the entitlement, costing $3.4m
Whangārei man turned down job by Air NZ over tā moko
"To have Air New Zealand call it body art made me feel shit for being Māori."
Only 1 in 4 new public housing places in Auckland are new builds
The Government is "cannibalising" affordable houses for public housing, NGOs say.
Meet the hardest working foster parents in NZ
They haven't had a sleep-in since 1982, and they've changed more than 100,000 nappies.
Staff at three depts had Barry complaints
Details of conduct criticisms about former minister will remain secret.
Makeshift village for homeless sparks backlash from other residents
Tauranga church property turned into a makeshift village for a 24 homeless people
Brian Fallow: Give fair pay a go
Comment: Too often, workers are caught in a race to the bottom.
Govt could change discriminatory welfare law
A landmark case may change the way people on both ACC and welfare are compensated.
MSD agrees law around ACC is discriminatory
The law meant one woman received only $576 of her $40,000 back payment.
Screentime for kids: Warning over 'alarming' toll on young Kiwi pre-schoolers
Mum tells of her sons' scary "addiction" to screens" in response to study.
'Thanks for giving me money': Kiwi talks up better life in Aussie
'Thank you for giving us rent allowance fortnightly, thank you for paying all our bond.'
Public servants should ask before they snoop
Government departments need permission before using subterfuge in investigations.
The gap between the rich and poor at university in New Zealand
This summer we look back at the big stories of the year. This is from September.
One in five Kiwi kids still without access to food: report
Child poverty figures remain stagnant, frustrating Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft.
Kiwis more worried about petrol prices than poverty
Petrol prices are now more concerning to Kiwis than poverty and healthcare.
Ex-inmate housed in motel assaults owner's daughter
Corrections Minister says privacy laws have to be considered when housing ex-prisoners.
Vulnerable kids placed in motel with sex offender
Serial sex offender Ronald Jeffries shared a motel with several vulnerable families.
Debbie Power to head MSD when Brendan Boyle steps down
Appointment comes as MSD undergoes a culture change to make it 'kinder'
Child poverty mishap: Poverty rates unknown
Unusually low response rates from low-income families have skewed the surveys.
All Work and Income offices to get $2.5m makeover
All of Work and Income's offices will get a makeover to make them friendlier.
No more using fake names, welfare bosses pledge
Welfare services to stop using fake names and signatures when dealing with "risky" clients