Friday, August 11, 2023

Recession starts to bite

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  In just one month the number of people receiving a main benefit has risen by almost 3,000. Data released today shows that the percentage o...
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Saturday, July 29, 2023

Working at the fisheries

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@lulusuapopo ♬ original sound - Lulu Suapopo Source: https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resource...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Children on Welfare: Highest in Labour's Term

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The number of children reliant on a benefit is at its highest point since Labour became government in 2017. The number - 211,617 - even su...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

More racial discrimination looming in the health sector

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FREE cervical screening will be rolled out from September this year. Free, that is, to Maori and Pacific women (or to use Te Whatu Ora’s ...
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Thursday, July 06, 2023

Exclusion by race

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Here we go again. Part of the panacea for solving the health system crisis is the brand-new Community Pharmacy Minor Ailments Service. A fre...
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Friday, June 30, 2023

The Plague of Entitlement

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The subject on Kerre Woodham's morning talk show today was the cost of living and how dire some people's circumstances are becoming....
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Thursday, June 15, 2023

What benefit incomes really look like

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The Green Party has just issued its election year Ending Poverty Plan . Supportive media reports tend to fixate on basic benefit rates. But...
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