The Ministry of Social Development released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 30 June 2017. In total, at the end of the quarter, 276,331 New Zealanders (and their households) were welfare reliant.[1] This includes circa 97,716 Māori, plus their whānau households. This represents 26% of all working age Māori.
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