The Salvation Army says sanctions on beneficiaries which force people to find volunteer work for a few hours a week isn't the best use of resources.

New 'non-financial' sanctions are set to come into force for beneficiaries who don't meet their obligations - including having part of their weekly benefit put on a payment card or finding volunteer work for at least 5 hours a week.

But Salvation Army principal social policy analyst Paul Barber doesn't believe that's the right way to go for people who are struggling to find work.

"There are already a lot of sanctions available... we're talking about a relatively small group of people within the total number of people who are receiving welfare."

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The Salvation Army says sanctions on beneficiaries which force people to find volunteer work for a few hours a week isn't the best use of resources.
New 'non-financial' sanctions are set to come into force for beneficiaries who don't meet their obligations - including having part of their weekly benefit put on a payment card or finding volunteer work for at least 5 hours a week.
But Salvation Army principal social policy analyst Paul Barber doesn't believe that's the right way to go for people who are struggling to find work.
"There are already a lot of sanctions available... we're talking about a relatively small group of people within the total number of people who are receiving welfare."
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Paul Barber: Salvation Army Principal Social Policy Analyst explains why they don't want mandatory work experience for beneficiaries

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The ACT Party is looking to scrap the Waitangi Tribunal if elected, and leader David Seymour has claimed its original purpose has gone.

The party intends to limit the Tribunal to claims lodged before September 2008, and then it would be dis-established for good once those are sorted.

Seymour explained that he's looking to remove the Tribunal's jurisdiction over 'contemporary claims', where activists critique the Government. 

"That ends straight away, and then we leave them on a sort of skeletal basis until they finish these remaining claims, bearing in mind there's no new claims, because they all had to be in by 2008."

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The ACT Party is looking to scrap the Waitangi Tribunal if elected, and leader David Seymour has claimed its original purpose has gone.
The party intends to limit the Tribunal to claims lodged before September 2008, and then it would be dis-established for good once those are sorted.
Seymour explained that he's looking to remove the Tribunal's jurisdiction over 'contemporary claims', where activists critique the Government.&nbsp;
"That ends straight away, and then we leave them on a sort of skeletal basis until they finish these remaining claims, bearing in mind there's no new claims, because they all had to be in by 2008."
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David Seymour: ACT Party leader on the party's bid to scrap the Waitangi Tribunal if elected

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A double-pronged mistake meant more more than 30,000 benefit payments were incorrectly suspended.

A review has found superannuitants were wrongly made to confirm their circumstances to get the Winter Energy Payment in legislation passed under urgency.

The high number of confirmations meant processing delays, and people’s benefits didn't continue when they should have.

The Ministry of Social Development's paid more than $2.5 million dollars in arrears, and is apologising to the thousands impacted.

Chief executive Debbie Power says people questioning it from April were told it was no mistake, and it wasn't raised with the Minister until August.

"The policy intent was never to impact these clients in this way, we got it wrong."

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A double-pronged mistake meant more more than 30,000 benefit payments were incorrectly suspended.
A review has found superannuitants were wrongly made to confirm their circumstances to get the Winter Energy Payment in legislation passed under urgency.
The high number of confirmations meant processing delays, and people’s benefits didn't continue when they should have.
The Ministry of Social Development's paid more than $2.5 million dollars in arrears, and is apologising to the thousands impacted.
Chief executive Debbie Power says people questioning it from April were told it was no mistake, and it wasn't raised with the Minister until August.
"The policy intent was never to impact these clients in this way, we got it wrong."
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Debbie Power: MSD chief executive on the review into the Ministry's thousands of payment errors

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The Ministry of Social Development wrongly cut financial assistance in over 30,000 cases, according to new reports.

A recent review has found several Winter Energy Payments, main benefits, and supplementary assistance were mistakenly paused - and the Ministry has since issued an apology. 

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Labour's Chris Hipkins has been quick to condemn this and says the MSD shouldn't take the blame for the Government's mistakes. 

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The Ministry of Social Development wrongly cut financial assistance in over 30,000 cases, according to new reports.
A recent review has found several Winter Energy Payments, main benefits, and supplementary assistance were mistakenly paused - and the Ministry has since issued an apology.&nbsp;
Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Labour's Chris Hipkins has been quick to condemn this and says the MSD shouldn't take the blame for the Government's mistakes.&nbsp;
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Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the report into the MSD payment errors

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Paul Barber: Salvation Army Principal Social Policy Analyst explains why they don't want mandatory work experience for beneficiaries

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