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National’s welfare policy released today is devoid of any new ideas and long on rhetoric, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.

National’s youth welfare policy shows it learnt nothing during the 1990s and is simply rehashing ideas that failed last time it was in government, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.

The skills parents need to be succesful in a very demanding society are to be central to Labour’s policies if it is returned to government.

A new $2 million strategy will encourage community organisations to make use of information and communications technology (ICT).

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and local MPs Parekura Horomia and Georgina Beyer were in Dannevirke this morning to mark Rangitäne o Tamaki nui a Rua joining the government’s social entrepreneurship programme.

The government will pilot Individual Job Seeker Accounts this year, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey is giving his strong support to New Zealand’s third national Children’s Day to be held on 27 October.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Mahartey says that the Ministry of Social Development, through Work and Income will assist staff made redundant by the closure of the PPCS meat processing plant in Blenheim to secure alternative employment.

New Zealand’s third national Children’s Day will be held on Sunday 27 October.

Significant poverty-alleviation measures introduced by the Labour-led government are having a real impact for low-income New Zealand families and must continue.

A new report issued today puts the interests of children in the centre of the government's decision making process for the first time, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.

New Zealand's Agenda for Children
Summary Report - June 2002

Organisations providing social services to at-risk Maori and Pacific children, young people and families are receiving a funding boost of almost $2 million, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and Associate Social Services and Employment (Social Services) Minister Tariana Turia announced today.

Budget 2002 includes a $131 million package of initiatives to help beneficiaries move off welfare and into sustainable work, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.

Budget 2002 provides $23 million in new spending for children and families, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.

The government has accepted an invitation from Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions to establish a new tripartite partnership on skills and lifelong learning.

Moves by National and Act to introduce time-limited benefits would increase poverty in New Zealand and would not help beneficiaries permanently move off welfare into work, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey told Parliament this afternoon.

The government is investing $11.614 million in Budget 2002 to improve the information available on skills needs in the economy.

Building Futures, the report of the Review of the Training Opportunities and Youth Training programmes has been published.

Additional support will be provided in Budget 2002 for caregivers and the organisations which support them.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey says that latest job figures indicate that the Government's policies are working.

Budget 2002 will contain funding to continue supporting tertiary students into work with businesses this coming summer.

Vocational services for people with disabilities will get a funding boost of more than $27 million over the next four years, Associate Social Services and Employment Minister Ruth Dyson announced today.

A new employment initiative developed by the Department of Corrections and the Ministry of Social Development to help people who have offended into employment has been launched.