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Enabling MSD to more quickly use PAYE information from IR
20 April 2026 – MSD and Inland Revenue are consulting on plans to amend their Information Sharing Agreement to enable faster use of IR income data to adjust benefit entitlements.
2024/25 Annual Reports on Child and Youth Strategy and Child Poverty Related Indicators released
The Annual Reports on the Child and Youth Strategy and Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, for the year ended June 2025, were released on 2 April 2026.
Government moves to strengthen children’s system
9 October 2025 – The Government has announced that it is accepting all the recommendations from Dame Karen Poutasi’’s review of the children’s system.
Mana in Mahi evaluation reports released
25 August 2025 – The Ministry of Social Development has released the final evaluation reports for the Mana in Mahi – Strength in Work employment programme.
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20 April 2026
MSD and Inland Revenue are consulting on plans to amend their Information Sharing Agreement to enable faster use of IR income data to adjust benefit entitlements.
24 March 2026
Community Detention for $28k Wage Subsidy Fraud Involving Dozens of False Applications.
17 March 2026
An Auckland man was sentenced to four months home detention in the Auckland District Court after dishonestly obtaining $18,259.20 in COVID‑19 Wage Subsidy payments for a business that the Crown said was not operating at the time.
04 March 2026
A South Otago business operator was sentenced on 18 February to seven months home detention in the Dunedin District Court after dishonestly claiming more than $33,800 in COVID 19 Wage Subsidy funds.