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From tomorrow farmers and growers affected by drought in the Northland region and parts of the Auckland region will have access to Rural Assistance Payments (RAPs), Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni has announced.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Ministerial Diary - February 2020

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  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni

Main benefits will increase by over 3 percent, instead of 1.66 percent, on 1 April with the Government’s decision to annually adjust benefit rates to increases in the average wage.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni today announced a new approach that continues to broaden the Government’s social sector focus from a narrow, investment approach to one centred on people and wellbeing.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Government has announced further help for the Southland and Otago regions to speed up recovery efforts from the floods.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

Ministerial Diary - January 2020

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  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni

The December quarter benefit numbers released today show the Government’s plan to get people off the benefit and into work is starting to pay off,” Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni said.  

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

"Today is World Braille Day and I am delighted to announce that an international treaty giving blind and low vision New Zealanders access to books and literary works comes into force today,” Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Commerce and Consumer Affairs
  • Disability Issues

Ministerial Dairy - December 2019

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  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni

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

Minister for Disability Issues, Carmel Sepuloni, is pleased to announce that $327,721 is to be awarded to national and local community initiatives to maintain and promote the use of New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL).

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Ministerial Diary - November 2019

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  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni

The government wants to break down the barriers to employment for disabled New Zealanders and better support them into work, says Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

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

Thank you to the Child Poverty Action Group for asking me to be here today to provide an update on some of the things that have been happening across my the social development portfolio.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

“The new Disability Action Plan 2019–2023 moves us towards the inclusive and accessible New Zealand that this government has committed to,” Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni announced today. 

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Ministerial Diary - October 2019

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  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni

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

The Coalition Government has announced an action plan to improve the wellbeing of disabled New Zealanders by addressing inequalities in play, active recreation and sport.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues
  • Sport and Recreation

Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni will represent the government at Australia’s Meeting of Cultural Ministers in Adelaide this week.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Ministerial Diary September 2019

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  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni

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

The Government joins the New Zealand Deaf community in celebrating International Day of Sign Languages, the first day of the International Week of the Deaf each year.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

Samoa and New Zealand have released a Report from the Women, Peace and Security Summit co-hosted by the Samoan and New Zealand governments, 22-23 August in Apia.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Pacific Peoples