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Documents available from this website
(Click to download)

bullet NEW Handup Letter to Steven Joyce June 01 2011
 
bullet Open letter to Parliament No. 1
 
bullet Open letter to Parliament No. 2
 
bullet Open letter to Parliament No. 3
 
bullet Open letter to Parliament No. 4
 
bullet Open letter to Parliament No. 5
 
bullet Open letter to Paula Bennett June 2010 .doc (pdf available here)
 
bullet Contact list for Members of Parliament
(contains both mail and email details)
 
bullet Why TIA?

News

bullet NEW $500 study assistance is a 'token gesture', MP says
 
bullet NEW Minister compromises on solo mum study loans
 
bullet 17 September 2009 Child summit pushes for end to poverty (NZ Herald)
 
bullet NZUSA petition to reinstate TIA
 
bullet 11 August 2009 'Welfare mums' privacy investigation confirmed (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 3 August 2009 Tapu Misa: Bennett breaking promises on solo mums (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 3 August 2009 Bennett 'confused' over student allowances (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 2 August 2009 Bennett to apologise if complaint upheld (NZ Herald)
 
bullet Bennett privacy fiasco a sideshow: Reinstate T.I.A: NZ Union of Students Associations 29 July 2009
 
bullet Training Incentive Allowance cuts aimed at midwives, nurses, teachers: Massey University Extramural Students’ Society 30 July 2009
 
bullet 30 July 2009 Bennett says she'll look into loan idea (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 29 July 2009 Minister accused of breaking privacy law (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 28 July 2009 Bennett Grad (The Dominion Post)
 
bullet 28 July 2009 Bennett: I consulted website before releasing mums' benefits (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 28 July 2009 Greens slam Bennett's 'beneficiary bashing' (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 28 July 2009 Bennett gets tough with outspoken solo mums (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 25 July 2009 Training allowance axing upsets budding students (Hawkes Bay Today)
 
bullet 24 July 2009 Claire Trevett: Labour runs for the hills over Burgess (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 23 July 2009 Bennett faces more flak over cut for solo parents at Uni (NZ Herald)
 
bullet 19 July 2009 Govt axe destroys dreams (NZ Herald)
 
bullet Carmel Sepoulini: Speech
 
bullet 22 June 2009 Axing of Training Incentive Allowance unfair move (Scoop)

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Other useful websites

bullet Studylink
 
bullet Sorted
 
bullet Student Job Search
 
bullet New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women
 
bullet Tertiary Women's Focus Group

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Scholarship Information

Click here to visit our information page

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HandUp Newsletters

bullet 16 February 2010
 
bullet 25 August 2009

Online References

bullet NEW Training Incentives for Sole Parent Beneficiaries (A policy review) Yasamin Hasan
 
bullet Ministry of Social Development Publications
(Evaluation of the Training Incentive Allowance Phase One and Phase Two)
 
bullet Women Combining Paid Work and Parenting Working Paper No. 8. Labour Market Dynamics Research Programme. Lynda Byrne. ALBANY AND PALMERSTON NORTH. LABOUR MARKET DYNAMICS RESEARCH PROGRAMME 2002
 
bullet CEDAW 2nd Draft Alternative Shadow Report
 
bullet Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(Many research documents and reports available)
 
bullet Work and Income New Zealand
(Training Incentive Allowance)

 
bullet Parliament TV
 
bullet New Zealand Parliament: Questions for oral answer
 
bullet Hansard from the General Debate: Lianne Dalziel 24th June 2009
 
bullet Questions for oral answer 23
July 2009 (Social Development and Employment, Minister—Confidence)

 
bullet Questions for oral answer 22 July 2009 (Beneficiaries—Upskilling for Employment)
 
bullet Questions for oral answer 16 June 2009 (Budget 2009—Ministry of Social Development)

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Party websites

bullet NZ National Party
 
bullet Alliance Party
 
bullet Labour Party
 
bullet Green Party
 
bullet Maori Party

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Financial Assistance Available
(Click below links to download) These files are in PDF format, should you require software to view, Adobe Reader can be downloaded free from the Adobe website.

bullet Introduction Page
 
bullet What payments are available
 
bullet Working for Family Tax Credits & In Work Tax Credits
 
bullet Domestic Purposes Benefit
 
bullet The Accommodation Supplement
 
bullet OSCAR – Out of School Care and Recreation Subsidy
 
bullet Childcare Subsidy
 
bullet Disability Allowance
 
bullet Temporary Additional Support
 
bullet Community Services Card
 
bullet Young Parent Childcare Payments
 
bullet The Comparison page

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