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Welfare

Half of New Zealanders know poverty first hand

09 May 2012 | Press Release | Metiria Turei MP

New Zealand needs a major re-think of what is a liveable family income, as a new study reveals half of all households are likely to have spent time in poverty, the Green Party says. More

Otago University deprivation study

Miscellaneous Documents

Seven year longitudinal look into low incomes, poverty and deprivation More

Govt needs to do the research on student loans

08 May 2012 | Press Release | Holly Walker MP

The Government's student loan and allowance changes are so poorly researched that the Minister doesn't even know how they will interact with other key policies. More

Government should get out of our bedrooms

08 May 2012 | Press Release | Metiria Turei MP

The Prime Minister is unable to deny that young women on welfare will be forced to take long term contraception in order to stop their benefits being cut, the Green Party said today. More

Where will the cuts come from?

07 May 2012 | Press Release | Metiria Turei MP

"Today's announcement of shuffling of money within the social development budget to pay for the Government's punitive welfare reforms begs the question of where the money will come from," More

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