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Welfare Payments Wrongly Stopped | Wellington News
Over 30,000 people lost welfare payments totaling more than $2 million after a flawed law change mistakenly caught winter energy aid under new verification rules — leaving families stressed and scrambling, only to later discover it was a clerical error. The Ministry of Social Development admitted they didn’t even verify if the payment should’ve been included in the policy, delayed thousands more due to understaffing, and apologized — pledging reforms to prevent future mistakes. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on…
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