Malachi Subecz: How the system failed to protect child from abuser
There were several alarm bells raised over the safety of five-year-old Malachi Subecz before he was murdered by his carer last year.
Source: rnz.co.nz
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Kerre Woodham: 11 percent of the workforce are on a benefit, I'm appalled
Now, if you're listening to me while you're at work this morning, it doesn't matter what you're doing; blue collar, white collar, minimum wage, being paid
Source: newstalkzb.co.nz
Homeless women more likely than men to be younger, Māori and sole parents
A new study has found women who are homeless earn significantly less income and rely more on government support than men who are homeless.
New Zealand Kainga Oranga Brodie Fraser Otago University Health Research Programme Getty Representational
Source: msn.com
Homeless women more likely than men to be younger, Māori and sole parents - study
A new study has found women who are homeless earn significantly less income and rely more on government support than men who are homeless.
Source: rnz.co.nz
Nothing to crow about in expanding underclass of dependence
Frankly, I would much prefer we had a welfare state that generously assisted short-term beneficiaries, tiding them over while they found their feet and re-entered the workforce. The travesty facing New Zealand is that entrenched long-term dependence is continuing to mushroom under this Government. When Jacinda Ardern was first sworn in as prime minister, 289,788 people, or 9.8 per cent of the working-age population, were receiving a main benefit. That has now jumped to 365,937 Kiwis, or 11.7 ...
New Zealand Carmel Sepuloni Matthew Mark Grant Robertson Jacinda Ardern Ministry Of Social Development
Source: stuff.co.nz