Day: August 3, 2011

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) Benefit Factsheets for the June quarter  2011,  shows  that 32.4% of main benefit recipients (1 in 3) are Māori this figure is down 0.1% since the  March quarter.  Māori recipients of the unemployment  benefit has dropped 1%   from 35.5% to 34.5 % for the