Family Affairs

Related Information

Press Releases

26 January 2011Careers or Simple Dollars and Cents
20 January 2011PPL and Baby Boomers
29 March 2010Rolling up for budget day
19 June 2009Why are we questioning the rights of our children?
20 May 2009NCWNZ wants concrete improvements made to Maternity Services
15 May 2009Finding Time for Our Families

Submissions

9 June 2011S11.09 Crimes Amendment Bill No 2
14 May 2010S10.11.1 Social Assistance Future Focus Bill
13 May 2010S10.11 Social Assistance Future Focus Bill
30 March 2010S10.04 Child and Family Protection Bill
3 February 2010S10.01 Income Splitting
30 June 2008S08.18 Income splitting for families with children
6 June 2007S07.29 Updating of the Children Young Persons and their Families Act

Adoption, care of the aged, child abuse, children in need of care, domestic violence, family income, guardianship, child support, matrimonial property, rights of the child, special needs children, youth suicide.

Convenor

Billa Field

Latest Update - May 2010

Benefits are in the spotlight again and major changes to several Acts are proposed. Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989, the Education Act 1989, the Income Tax Act 2007, the Social Securities Act 1964 and the War Pensions Act 1954. While no one doubts the need for change in today's fiscal climate, benefit cuts from the 1991 budget, and the hardship they caused, are still fresh in many people's minds. Beneficiaries are individuals with their own needs and requirements.