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Auckland’s growing screen sector is the catalyst for a new partnership between the Ministry of Social Development and Auckland’s economic development agency Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED).

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The first stock-take of the Government’s Families Package shows families are getting real support to raise their children after a decade of being left behind,” Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni said.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni has welcomed the first reading of the New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension Legislation Amendment Bill.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

A surge in the number of registered social workers will contribute to improving the wellbeing of New Zealanders and their families, Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni said on New Zealand Social Workers’ Day.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

An innovative, grass-roots approach to addressing financial hardship in our most vulnerable communities has been officially launched by Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni. 

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Hon Carmel Sepuloni will travel to Apia tomorrow to represent New Zealand at the Women, Peace and Security Summit, in Samoa from 22-23 August.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage
  • Disability Issues
  • Pacific Peoples
  • Social Development

The Government has announced additional measures to prevent and reduce homelessness focused on ensuring at-risk individuals and whānau have access to stable housing and continue to stay housed.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Housing
  • Social Development

Construction businesses in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development will start using virtual reality technology to prepare people for jobs in the industry, Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Social Development

The new Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) facility was opened by Minister of Defence Ron Mark, and Associate Minister for Social Development Poto Williams, at Trentham today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Ron Mark
  • Defence
  • Social Development

The expansion of an iwi, community and government initiative will improve the wellbeing of 450 of our most vulnerable Manawatū-Whanganui families Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Minister for Whānau Ora Peeni Henare announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Social Development
  • Whānau Ora

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is leading an initiative in Auckland to help people gain their driver’s licence, Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni, announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

 The Children’s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft has had his appointment extended until 30 June 2021, Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni said.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Defence Minister Ron Mark and Associate Social Development Minister Peeni Henare have today officially opened the new Youth Development Facility at Whenuapai Air Base.

  • Hon Ron Mark
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Defence
  • Social Development

A Wellbeing Budget boost for New Zealand’s largest study of child development will help the Government design the best possible services and policies to increase the wellbeing of our children and families, Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Wellbeing Budget will continue the Government’s drive to make New Zealand into the best place in the world to be a child, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Jan Logie
  • Prime Minister
  • Children
  • Education
  • Justice
  • Social Development

Breaking the cycle of family and sexual violence and better supporting survivors is a major feature of the Wellbeing Budget, with the Government delivering the largest ever investment in family and sexual violence and support services.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Jan Logie
  • Attorney-General
  • Children
  • Corrections
  • Courts
  • Health
  • Justice
  • Police
  • Social Development

The Government has today announced it is taking action on the long-term challenge of Māori reoffending rates and delivering on its target to reduce the prison population by 30 per cent, with the creation of a new Māori Pathway at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison and Northland Region Corrections Facility.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Corrections
  • Social Development
  • Whānau Ora

Five children and families research projects will each receive funding in round 3 of the Children and Families Research Fund.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Government is taking immediate action to support people into work and improve income security for New Zealanders on benefits, in response to the release of the Government’s Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) report today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

A construction programme giving young people on benefit training and work experience building community houses was formally launched by Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni, today. 

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will invest almost $7 million in the Top of the South’s ocean economy and also support the first economic growth strategy for all communities in the wider region, the Under-Secretary for Regional Economic Development Fletcher Tabuteau announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

More than four and a half thousand people from around the country have contacted the national sexual harm helpline: Safe to talk Kōrero mai ka ora, by phone, webchat, text, or email, since the service became available a year ago.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni today announced changes to the Government oversight of the children’s system, designed in particular to support the experience of children in the care of Oranga Tamariki.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni, has formally received the Report of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group into the future of New Zealand’s social security system.  

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development