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Cautious approach taken to avoid beneficiary volunteering becoming 'work for the dole' scheme

Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni wants to look at ways the welfare system can encourage volunteering to prepare people for work. But officials have warned against making it compulsory.

Te wiki o te tāke; Does easing up on micro businesses really hurt tax integrity?

Te wiki o te tāke – The New Zealand Tax Podcast;  Time to get ready for tax year end; rethinking Working for Families; an interesting initiative from the UK (yes, really)

Chris Hipkins - 'It's a big day for a boy from the Hutt'

Chris Hipkins addresses the media for the first time since being revealed as the next Labour leader and Prime Minister. He said he would play his role in w

Political Roundup: PM Hipkins resets Labour to the right

Chris Hipkins' first decision: A deputy dilemma

Analysis - While Chris Hipkins is all but confirmed as our next prime minister, there is less certainty in the race to be his deputy. Newsroom's Sam Sachdeva looks at the factors the next Labour leader will need to consider, and some of t...

Live: Our new PM? Likely frontrunner as Kiri Allan stays out of race, nominations close

Chris Hipkins is set to become PM - he was the only nomination for the Labour leadership today. In a statement, Labour’s whip Duncan Webb said caucus would

Cabinet agrees to key actions from review of Emergency Housing system

MSD will have this pilot up and running later in 2023.

Week in Politics: Govt under fire after motel expose goes to air

Analysis: An expose of emergency housing conditions in Rotorua draws intense criticism, while there's a strong expectation the government is about to scrap the Covid traffic light system.

Political Roundup: Labour's motel housing shame

Just like soldiers in WWI, it's time for a truce and a thanks

OPINION: Why they and us should be counting our blessings as the year draws to an end.