No Plan, No Budget: Two Years on From WEAG, Government Continues to Drag Its Feet
Two years on since government-appointed experts recommended a complete overhaul of our welfare system, children, families, those with disabilities ...
New Zealand's Welfare System Fails to Recognise the Dignity of Our People - How Can We Fix It?
New Zealanders believe in justice. We care about protecting our right to a dignified and decent life. An effective welfare system is only serving its ...
Dear New Zealand Government, this Christmas Families Want a Light at the End of the Tunnel
Many of us are anxious about the tally of expenditure and what that will mean for the year to come.
Let's Give Kids What They Want - Their Rights
When New Zealand’s tamariki and rangatahi were consulted about wellbeing, they responded with the kind of clarity, insight and brutal honesty that my ...
Let Beneficiaries Keep More Earnings: A Letter to Jacinda, Grant and Carmel
Rather than encouraging beneficiaries to do more paid work if they can, the current thresholds have exactly the opposite effect.
Act Urgently - Change Fundamentally. The Time is Now.
There’s a line in the Executive Summary of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) report that sums things up perfectly: “Urgent and fundamental ...
The purpose and principles of the social security act: Getting it right