Minimum wage increase overdue – AAAP
The Government announced that it will be increasing the minimum wage from $16.50 to $17.70 per hour, as part of…
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Government needs to house meth test evicted tenants – AAAP
Minister Phil Twyford announced that the first batch of recipients have been receiving compensation for being evicted from their Housing…
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Tauranga rough sleeping ban vote callous – AAAP
The Tauranga council voted in favour of a bylaw banning begging and rough sleeping within 5m of public entrances to…
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Poverty measurements important but action is still needed – AAAP
The Government’s Child Poverty Reduction Bill has passed its second reading in Parliament today. The Bill aims to establish benchmarks…
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Meth compensation blunder cruel and shortsighted – AAAP
Housing Minister Phil Twyford recently admitted to only becoming aware last week that the compensation planned for tenants who were…
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KiwiBuild part of the problem, not the solution – AAAP
The Labour-led Government ran a PR stunt today to celebrate the first few families that would move into the first…
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NZ First bill would increase elderly poverty – AAAP
A bill proposed by New Zealand First MP Mark Patterson aims to raise the minimum residency requirements to get New…
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Record numbers needing hardship assistance from WINZ
The latestMSD quarterly report shows that over $100 million was granted for hardshipassistance to almost 350,000 people by Work and…
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AAAP welcomes Privacy Commissioner Inquiry into MSD
The Privacy Commissioner has launched an inquiry under the Privacy Act 1993 into the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) investigative…
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Half a million people in debt with the Ministry of Social Development – AAAP
Reports obtained through the Official Information Act revealed that as of March 2018, half a million people are in debt…