Does the Tail Wag the Dog?

The major Working for Families review undertaken by IRD, Treasury and MSD is taking place behind closed doors. There are no published terms of ...
Susan St John
Working for Families, Welfare

International Women’s Day? How Are the Worst Off Mothers and Their Kids Doing?

Meaningful reform to WFF is well over-due. There is much unconscious bias and implicit racism in the current WFF.
Susan St John
Welfare

Home Truths About the Tricky In-Work Tax Credit

If the income from work is not in itself an incentive, and needs to be topped up by the government to make it worth the effort, then that raises ...
Renee Manella
Working for Families

Working for Families Is Not a Trap, It’s a Run-Down House in Need of TLC

People should be wary of recent criticism of Working for Families (WFF) tax credits as being a poverty trap. The problem is not the system itself, ...
Jeni Cartwright
Welfare

Supporting “Hard-Working Families”?

Why do we need tax credits? Tax credits keep the whole shebang of family income afloat. Wages are now so far behind the basic costs of living that, ...
Emily Keddell
Working for Families