Work and Income

Unemployed graduates will get less help from Work and Income, and sole parents and sick people will get more, Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says.

Rival gang members clashed a Winz office in Dunedin yesterday afternoon.

Moving some of its services from South Dunedin to Central Dunedin has worked for both Work and Income and its clients, southern regional director Sue Rissman says.

The actions of some Dunedin second-hand dealers could come under scrutiny from the police after a sting by Work and Income agents uncovered a possible beneficiary scam.

A government initiative to engage young unemployed people in their community and help them find work is proving a blooming success in Dunedin.