AI Is Already Damaging Beneficiaries In NZ
First they came for the beneficiaries, because that’s where the State tests cruelty before rolling it out to everyone else.

First they came for the beneficiaries, because that’s where the State tests cruelty before rolling it out to everyone else.

A machine will now be allowed to make decisions about benefit support. The Greens say New Zealand is walking straight towards its own robodebt disaster.

The Greens say National is balancing its Budget on the backs of public housing tenants, beneficiaries and disabled New Zealanders.
They tried to counter it. They barely showed up. Meanwhile, Auckland’s anti-war movement is getting louder.

Rising food prices and supermarket profits spark calls to break up NZ’s duopoly as more households face food insecurity.
The Greens warn new legislation could leave nearly 40,000 New Zealanders facing MSD debt letters after receiving welfare while waiting for ACC claims.

Today’s figures, which show fewer jobs in the construction and manufacturing sectors than a year ago, are further proof that…