Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni has told Q+A’s Jack Tame the current benefit levels are not conducive to living with dignity for many in Aotearoa. It comes off the back of Stats NZ’s latest data which showed the number of Kiwi kids facing “material hardship” dropped by 20,000 in the last two years - however thousands of families remain in poverty. Your playlist will load after this ad Jack Tame pressed Carmel Sepuloni on why the Government hasn’t done more, given its own working group recommended a hike two years ago. Source: Q+A “I would acknowledge that for many New Zealanders, it's not enough. And so that is why we are continuing work in this space,” said Sepuloni.