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over 18 years of age (or 16–17 if they are married or in a civil union or in a de facto relationship and have one or more children they support) be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident; have lived in New Zealand for at least 2 years at any one time since becoming a New Zealand citizen or resident (unless you are a refugee)
The Ministry of Social Development ( MSD; Māori: Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the New Zealand Government on social policy, and providing social services. MSD is the largest public service department, employing public servants in over 200 locations around New Zealand.
Domestic Purposes Benefit. The Domestic Purposes Benefit ( DPB) was a social welfare payment in New Zealand 's social security system, primarily given to single parents with dependent children. It, along with all other benefit payments, was managed by Work and Income, under the Ministry of Social Development.
The Child Support Amendment Act [2013] was to come into effect on 1 April 2014, however as the proposed changes have been so problematic for the IRD to implement, these changes were delayed until 1 April 2015. When the law change comes into effect, it significant changes to the way child support is calculated in New Zealand.
The average income of the poorest tenth increased by only 13% from $9700 to $11,000. [2] Figures from 2016 show that about 15% of the population lives in poverty, compared to 9% in the 1980s, and 22% in 2004. [citation needed] Growing inequality is confirmed by Statistics New Zealand which keeps track of income disparity using the P80/20 ratio.
In FY 2014, New Zealand's investment income from the rest of the world was NZ$7 billion, versus outgoings of NZ$16.3 billion, a deficit of NZ$9.3 billion. The proportion of the current-account deficit that is attributable to the investment income imbalance (a net outflow to the Australian-owned banking sector) grew from one third in 1997 to ...
Background. The evolution of child poverty in New Zealand is associated with the 'Rogernomics' of 1984, the benefit cuts of 1991 and Ruth Richardson's "mother of all budgets", the child tax credit, the rise of housing costs, low-wage employment, and social hazards, both legal and illegal (i.e. alcoholism, drug addiction, and gambling addiction).
In 2004, the New Zealand Labour government introduced the Working for Families package as part of the 2004 budget. The package, which effectively commenced operating on 1 April 2005, had three primary aims: to make work pay; to ensure income adequacy; and to support people "into work".