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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
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More support needed for children with disabilities - advocate
Children with disabilities are more likely to be living in poverty, and families and advocates say they need more government assistance to help with extra costs.
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Disability support system too complex, children struggling
Advocates say the disability support system is too complex for many families to access - and that's leaving whanau with disabled children struggling financially. Child poverty statistics released… Audio
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Drug reform also good for children, says advocacy group
There's a growing call to overhaul the country's drug laws and treat use as a health and social issue. Dozens of social service and health organisations have signed an open letter calling for the… Audio
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State builds missing from govt housing package
Opinion: The government must take state housing seriously as a tool for helping solve the housing crisis - especially for low-to-average income earners who were ignored in its housing package…
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Criticism as minimum wage and benefit increases kick in
The minimum wage and benefit levels get a boost today, but there's criticism of both - and for different reasons. Audio
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Child Poverty Action Group not happy with latest figures
'Shocking and disappointing', Those are the words the Child Poverty Action Group are using to describe the state of child poverty in New Zealand following a new report from Statistics New Zealand.
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Politicians, advocates react as figures show little change in child poverty
There has been little annual change in the number of children living in poverty across most measures, but there has been a drop in the number of whānau struggling to provide the basics.
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Little change in child poverty statistics
The latest figures from Stats NZ shows all nine child poverty measures showed downward trends compared to two years ago, but year-on-year changes are less clear.
The latest figures from Stats NZ… Audio
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Child poverty: 'The picture is still pretty bleak for our children'
Analysis - The latest child poverty figures are set to be released this morning - but they will not show the impact of the economic fallout from Covid-19 on struggling families.
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Majority favour more income support for those in need - survey
A survey has found seven out of 10 New Zealanders believe the government should increase income support for those on low wages or not in paid work.
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New statistics show little progress on poverty
New data from Statistics New Zealand shows household incomes and other key measures were on the rise before the country went into lockdown. Journalist and researcher, Max Rashbrooke, that's not all… Audio
