The welfare system of Aotearoa New Zealand
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics
The 1938 Social Security Act marked the beginning of a modern welfare state in Aotearoa NZ. This set covers the history of the welfare system in Aotearoa, acts, types of benefits for families, children and youth, and changes introduced by successive governments. SCIS no. 5415861
Registration Fee Coupon books
Western Bay District Council
Department of Social Welfare
Hamilton City Libraries
SuperGold card
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Established in 2018, the Welfare Expert Advisory Group advises the government on the future of Aotearoa New Zealand’s social security system.
Kia Piki Aki Welfare Expert Advisory Group.
National Library of New Zealand
Ministry of Social Development [electronic resource] = Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora.
National Library of New Zealand
Work and Income [electronic resource] : a service of the Ministry of Social Development = Te Hiranga Tangata.
National Library of New Zealand
Royal Commission on Social Policy
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Paid parental leave to increase to 26 weeks by 2020: RNZ Checkpoint
Radio New Zealand
Family welfare
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Voluntary welfare organisations: Depression and the welfare state
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Voluntary welfare organisations
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Social Policy landmarks in Aotearoa
Services to Schools
Social welfare and the state
Services to Schools
Income support in Aotearoa NZ
Services to Schools
Kāinga Ora : homes and communities.
National Library of New Zealand
Welfare organisations
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Whānau Āwhina Plunket
Services to Schools
Pacific housing initiative
Services to Schools
A-Z of benefits and payments
Services to Schools
Youth Service supports youth to get the education they need to build confidence and increase their potential.
Youth Service.
National Library of New Zealand
Some groups are disproportionately and negatively affected
Services to Schools
Whānau social assistance programmes
Services to Schools
Māori centred social work practice : evidence brief / Dr Amohia Boulton & Ms Lynley Cvitanovic.
National Library of New Zealand
The vison and mission of the Māori Women’s Welfare League Tatau Tatau is to influence positive change for wāhine Māori and their whānau.
Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora = Maori Women's Welfare League Inc.
National Library of New Zealand
Te Hiku o te Ika – Crown Social Development and Iwi/Māori
Services to Schools
A brief timeline of social welfare in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Services to Schools
Latest child poverty figures
Services to Schools
Types of childcare assistance
Services to Schools
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Services to Schools
Welfare benefits for youth
Services to Schools
Puao-te-ata-tu report
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Community Services Card Fact Sheet
Services to Schools
Te Whānau — Te Kōhanga Reo
Services to Schools
New Zealand Superannuation
Services to Schools
What is social work?
Services to Schools
Whānau Ora success stories
Services to Schools
The welfare state in Post War New Zealand
Services to Schools
Health Camps and Stamps
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Housing and government: State loans and state houses
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
This document gives a brief history of the family related payments in New Zealand’s tax and welfare system and how they have changed over time.
A brief history of family support payments in New Zealand : background paper.
National Library of New Zealand
Living on a benefit
Services to Schools
State housing
Services to Schools
Remembering 100 years of free dental care for NZ children
Radio New Zealand
End of free school milk
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Old-age Pensions Act becomes law
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Chinese and Indians were excluded from pensions until 1936 when the government lifted some of the discriminatory legislation and policy.
Ethnic and religious intolerance: Intolerance towards Asians
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
New Zealand History
DigitalNZ