Press Release – NZCCSS NZCCCSS welcomes the direction the Government is signalling through main benefit increases funded in the Wellbeing Budget 2021 announced on Thursday 20 May. Budget 2021 is a hopeful step in the direction that our sector has long been asking for, … NZCCCSS welcomes the direction the Government is signalling through main benefit increases funded in the Wellbeing Budget 2021 announced on Thursday 20 May. “Budget 2021 is a hopeful step in the direction that our sector has long been asking for,” says Executive Officer Nikki Hurst. Nikki says that the increases in main benefits – the first rolling out from 1 July 2021- within the context of a ‘recovery’ budget aimed at maintaining debt levels, are an encouraging sign.