5 May 2020

Social Development Ministry preparing for wave of unemployment - leaked documents

From Checkpoint, 5:53 pm on 5 May 2020

Leaked Ministry of Social Development documents show the agency is planning for hundreds of thousands of extra people to apply for benefits as Covid-19 creates a tidal wave of unemployment.

RNZ investigative journalist Guyon Espiner has received documents and emails outlining MSD plans to deal with the increase. He discusses the details with Lisa Owen.