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Family Start, the intensive, early intervention service aimed at helping families to help themselves, is the realisation of the coalition parties' commitment to establish a service which focuses on

Greater investment in the Children Young Persons and Their Families Service front line is making a real positive difference in services to children demonstrated by the substantial decrease in unall

A stocktake of services available to families at risk under the Government's Strengthening Families initiative shows there is significant room for improved communication and coordination among the

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The passing of the Social Security Amendment Bill (No.

Changes to welfare benefits herald a radical change in welfare direction and reinforce the Coalition Government's belief that paid work is the key to achieving personal economic and social independ

Children and families in need will benefit from an extra $101 million being set aside over the next three years for services, the Minister of Social Welfare Roger Sowry said today.

The Minister of Social Welfare, Hon Roger Sowry hopes that the House will reject the majority report from the Social Services Select Committee on the Social Security (Conjugal Status) Amendment Bil

Individuals, families, households and groups have just two days to have their say and respond to the proposed Code of Social and Family Responsibility, says Minister of Social Welfare Hon Roger Sow

The Minister of Social Welfare, Hon Roger Sowry today announced the Government's commitment to providing more beds and services to help children in need of care and protection, young offenders and

Minister of Social Welfare, Hon Roger Sowry today lashed out at the ACT party's policies saying they would gut welfare services to small communities like Hawera and Stratford.

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Euan Laurenson, Federation members, Parliamentary colleagues good evening.

The independent report into the notification of a five year-old South Auckland girl who had been sexually abused by members of her family was released today by the Hon Roger Sowry, Minister of Soci

Acting Agriculture Minister John Luxton and Social Welfare Minister Roger Sowry have announced the criteria for drought-stricken Marlborough and North Canterbury farmers to receive income support u

The Minister of Social Welfare, Hon Roger Sowry says he is very encouraged at New Zealanders' readiness to take part in the debate on social responsibility demonstrated by over 50,000 responses to

The Minister of Social Welfare today dismissed Labour's contribution to the social responsibility debate as nothing more than the tired old rhetoric that New Zealanders have come to expect from a f

Minister of Social Welfare, Hon Roger Sowry today confirmed he was investigating why some communities have not yet received their copies of the proposed Code of Social and Family Responsibility dis

The Social Policy Agency of the Department of Social Welfare will analyse all of the material on response forms of the proposed Code of Social and Family Responsibility discussion booklet irrespect

Once again the Labour Party's answer to an innovative approach to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing New Zealanders today is just waffle, says Minister of Social Welfare, Hon Roger Sowr

New Zealand Superannuation and social welfare income support payments will increase by 0.83% from 1 April 1998 to account for movement in the Consumers Price Index, Minister of Social Welfare, Hon.

The long upward growth in the number of people receiving a domestic purposes benefit appears to be slowing, the Minister of Social Welfare Hon Roger Sowry said today.

Social Welfare Services
Mr Speaker, No less than a quiet revolution is now going on in the delivery of social welfare services.

The Minister of Social Welfare today announced the appointment of a manager to help implement the new Pacific Island Cultural Social Services strategy within the Department of Social Welfare to imp