Economic Justice - Benefit system

Unravelling the Safety Net: Benefit changes since 1991

Caritas has published a report The Unravelling of the Welfare Safety Net, which provides a brief history of changes to New Zealand’s social welfare benefit system from the 1991 benefit cuts to the proposed single core benefit. The report was prepared by the Beneficiary Advocacy Federation of New Zealand at Caritas’ request, mainly to inform the wider community sector of the changes.

A copy of the report can be downloaded below (25 pages), or hard copies requested at $5 each from the Caritas office : caritas@caritas.org.nz or phone 04 496 1742.