E5 28 February 2020: What Happened To People Who Left The Benefit System During the Year ended 30 June 2016

We reviewed the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) return to welfare report. Clues to the high Māori child poverty levels are in this report – essentially the majority of Māori who come off a main benefit are back on one within 18 months (55%), with few stabilising in the workforce;