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Submissions on Disability Support Services Bill have now closed
Submissions on the Government’s new Disability Support Services Bill have now closed. The Bill will be considered by Select Committee on 13 August 2026.
Government announces Budget 2026
28 May 2026 – Budget 2026 sets out the Government’s spending priorities and savings initiatives for 2026/27.
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.
What's new
06 August 2026
The Ministry of Social Development is asking its regional leaders to strengthen their focus on helping people secure stable housing after they leave emergency housing.
04 August 2026
A man was sentenced on 31 July in the Hutt Valley District Court to four months community detention and 200 hours community work after pleading guilty to eight charges of Dishonest use of a document.
23 July 2026
A detailed resource to inform policy development, research and public discussion on the financial and material wellbeing of children and their households. It draws on Stats NZ’s HES and HILS datasets.
23 July 2026
These two working papers give technical accounts of MSD’s contribution to Stats NZ’s revision of the DEP-17 index and of MSD’s revision of the MWI-24 index, given the changes to the MWQs in the 2024-25 HILS.
15 June 2026
A Drury man was sentenced on 11 June to 10 months home detention in the Auckland District Court after dishonestly submitting over $180,000 in COVID‑19 Wage Subsidy Scheme applications.