Government put off scrapping benefit sanctions on mothers who don`t name father of their children, ...
(WorldNews New Zealand)

The Government acknowledges it is cruel and excessive - yet it has not scrapped the punitive sanction that cuts the benefits of solo mothers who won`t name the father of their children. The Government has promised it will end the sanction this term. However, Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni was told she could get rid of the sanction on October 1 this year, if the Government targeted it in the Families Package legislation. Officials told Ms...