Benefits system awaits you, so get to know itCRAIG SIMCOX/STUFF Susan St John, and a fellow child poverty advocate, have campaigned for using the benefits system to reduce child poverty. ALDEN WILLIAMS/FAIRFAX NZ Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei has put the spotlight on the benefits system. The Green Party's benefits policy- including increasing core benefits by 20 per cent and ending the "punitive" sanctions and investigations it says have not worked- has put the benefits system in the spotlight. CHRIS HARROWELL/STUFF Vanessa Cole from Auckland Action Against Poverty, pictured beside Finn Morrow, sees the benefits system as dehumanising. The benefits system does not round to the nearest dollar.

Source: Stuff August 01, 2017 16:52 UTC