In May 2018 the Government established the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) to advise them on the future of New Zealand’s social security system. The WEAG has now completed its Report – Wakamana Tāngata – Restoring Dignity to Social Security in New Zealand. The...

KiwiBuy is a campaign to convince the Government to adopt and fund the range of shared equity and rent to buy programmes run by community housing providers. KiwiBuy campaign director Campbell Roberts said “Three families each week move into new homes, built for them...

We are particularly concerned about reports of families / whānau being moved around motels in the area to accommodate tourists, leaving children / tamariki and young people / rangitahi detached from communities, schools and health care. As social workers know well,...