She says because families might receive a benefit of about $750 a week people assume poverty isn't real. "The problem is the mismanagement of those funds.At the 2006 Census one parent families with dependent children in Waitara numbered 29 percent. Below the national average of 30 percent.
"We watch people try to cope on the benefit and it doesn't work," she says. It has to be a political socio-economic issue and maybe the high number of solo parent families at the school is another contributing factor.
| Couple With Child(ren) | 447,894 | ||||
| One Parent With Child(ren) | 193,635 |
You want high, look at places like Porirua East with 41 percent, Tokomaru Bay with 40 percent and Otara 38 percent.
I don't know what is happening with the population of Waitara though. It was static between 2001 and 2006 and the 2011 census didn't go ahead. But between 2006 and now the number of people on the DPB has risen by 39 percent to 429.
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Mmm. Is it possible to get the rate for the terrorised town of Featherston?
I wonder if it would be drawing too long a bow to be making some conclusions about its affects there, also.
She says because families might receive a benefit of about $750 a week people assume poverty isn't real. "The problem is the mismanagement of those funds.
Yep - the absolutely huge and unforgivable mismanagement of giving bludgers $750 or $500 or $50 per week in the first place
Mark, Follow the link and put in 'place' then 'families'. Actually I checked Featherston this morning and it wasn't a stand-out.
The Featherston story is a beat-up- we Do have a feral problem, as do most towns, and at the moment it is particularly bad.
There are about six 'families' that are suffering from a lead deficiency...
I should say that the 'Terrorized' bit is a beat-up. They are more of a pain in the arse right now- until they manage to start a real fire...
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