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Swarbrick frustrated by Deputy PM not backing alcohol harm minimisation bill
Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick says she is frustrated that her bill to ban alcohol sponsorship in sports is not receiving the backing of the government, despite the presence of overwhelming evidence. Audio
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Poverty groups disappointed by budget
Audio 20 May 2022Groups representing those most disadvantaged in Aotearoa say they're disappointed the budget hasn't gone far enough.
Child Poverty Action Group says while it is encouraging to see large investments… Audio
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Income insurance scheme risks two-teir system
Under a new policy proposed today by Finance Minister Grant Robertson, workers who lose their job could be paid up to 80 percent of their wage for up to seven months. The Child Poverty Action Group… Audio
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Anti-poverty group says families package still falling short
The government's touting the success of a families package scheme, saying it helped more than half of all families with children in its first year.
Introduced in 2018, the Families Package boosted… Audio
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Question Time for 8 December 2021
Audio 8 Dec 2021-
CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s statements and actions?
Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New…
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Slow pace of welfare reform increasing pandemic-related inequity - report
Faster action on welfare reform could have eased some of the pressure on struggling families over lockdown, the Child Poverty Action Group says.
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As food prices rise, Auckland City Mission sees higher demand for services
Over the past three months, the demand for Te Tāpui Atawhai Auckland City Mission's services has been the highest in the organisation's 100-year history.
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'This level of increase to family incomes is not enough'
Increases to the Family Tax Credit and Best Start payments are welcomed, but are not enough to lift children out of poverty, the Children's Commissioner and Green Party say.
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Digital divide, food costs hit hard for some families after long lockdown
Auckland school kids have been stuck at home for more than two months now - and teachers are doing what they can to help whānau who are struggling.
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8500 more beneficiaries since start of Delta outbreak, figures show
Since the start of the Delta outbreak, 8500 more people have ended up on the benefit, Ministry of Social Development figures show.
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Govt progress on welfare overhaul frustratingly slow - advocates
Another benefit sanction is on the scrap heap, but advocates are questioning how long it's taking for the government to make good on its promise to overhaul the welfare system.
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Lockdowns push families and migrants to the edge - advocates
Lockdowns and restrictions have pushed some families and groups to the bone financially, and the government needs to offer better support, social support groups say.
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$50/week boost in benefits was rejected for Budget
Cabinet ministers considered giving beneficiaries a full $50 a week boost in this year's Budget, just-released documents reveal.
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Covid-19: Pandemic forced more children into poverty - report
Covid-19 may have tipped 18,000 more children into poverty.
The Child Poverty Action Group says its modelling shows more whānau have been doing it tough since the nationwide lockdown - with Māori and… Audio
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Covid-19 may have pushed thousands more children into poverty
New research from the Child Poverty Action Group shows that, in the year since the nationwide lockdown, many more whānau have been doing it tough, with Māori and Pacific the hardest hit.
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Woman sanctioned by MSD over fear of naming child's father owed thousands
Welfare advocates say thousands of women who had benefits docked unfairly because they could not or would not name their child's father could be entitled to significant lump sum refunds.
But the… Video, Audio
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Unemployment insurance scheme could cost $5b a year
The government is pushing ahead with designing a social unemployment insurance scheme with Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions.
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'Burdensome process' - No beneficiaries sanctioned for failing social obligations
No one has ever had their benefit cut for failing to have their children in school or enrolled with a doctor despite requirements for parents to meet so-called social obligations.
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CPAG wants obligations for beneficiary parents lifted
The Child Poverty Action Group is questioning why the government isn't acting faster to remove a benefit sanction that isn't even being enforced.
Parents on the benefit have to meet several social… Audio
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BusinessNZ supports welfare increases in Budget
The government's welfare increases could have been bigger and they will help businesses, a business leader says. Audio
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Budget 2021: Panel on benefits boost, business impact
The response to the 2021 budget is testament to the fact that you can't please everyone.
Changes to benefits and investment in Maori housing are being welcomed in some quarters - while others say… Audio
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NZ Budget 2021: Billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line
New Zealand has now had three "Wellbeing Budgets": the prototype in 2019, the Covid-19 "Rebuilding Together" version in 2020, and today Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced the Labour government…
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A 'truancy crisis': 60,000 students chronically absent
Ministry of Education figures show more than 60,000 students are classified as chronically absent, missing at least three days of school every fortnight. Almost 40 percent of pupils are not going to… Audio
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Bryce Edwards: Will the government take the poverty crisis seriously?
Political Roundup - This week's Budget is a chance for the government to take the crisis of inequality seriously. A big boost to benefits would be the most effective way, Dr Bryce Edwards writes.
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Child Poverty Action responds to new reports
The Child Poverty Action Group says the latest data on child poverty makes grim reading. Two new reports on child poverty and wellbeing show one in five children are living in households where food… Audio
