Related Content Opinion: NZ should legislate to promote pay equity Catriona MacLennan: Government riding roughshod over democracy Catriona MacLennan: Animal welfare commissioner neededHere is how we could improve our social welfare law;1. Make the reduction of poverty the aim of social welfare, rather than the current focus on reducing the number of beneficiaries. Our current legislation, the Social Security Act 1964, is being rewritten by the Government. The Social Security Act 1938 was ground-breaking law - both in New Zealand and internationally. Heart-breaking stories of Auckland families living in cars, garages and overcrowded houses demonstrate that our welfare state is broken.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 15, 2016 23:26 UTC