Ricardo Menendez March
Election 2020: New Parliament to be filled with fresh faces
The 53rd Government is going to be filled with dozens of fresh faces, following Labour's landslide election victory.
The special votes are still yet to come in, but parliament will be painted red… Audio
Poverty advocates criticise infrastructure spend
An anti-poverty campaigner says the government's big infrastructure spend-up prioritises roading projects over the wellbeing of low-income families.
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the… Audio
Calls for change around beneficiaries' relationship rules
Beneficiary advocates want urgent changes to the rules around relationships in the welfare system.
Child Poverty Action Group, Auckland Action Against Poverty and Action Station have written an open… Audio
State housing waitlist jumps by 5000 in a year
The number of people waiting for state housing has increased by nearly five-thousand people over the past year. The Housing Register is now at 10-thousand 712 people, up from just over 6-thousand in… Audio
MSD ordered to wipe debt of seriously ill beneficiary
The man concerned was often forced to live in his car because MSD didn't think his situation was an emergency. Video, Audio
'Cruel' to delay meth-test compensation - advocates
An anti-poverty campaigner is shocked a stumbling block to compensating state house tenants wrongly-evicted for meth contamination has only just been flagged. Welfare laws will likely need amending… Audio
