Benefits, subsidies, and wages are all set for a shake-up as a new financial year kicks off on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Young families, seniors, and students are among those who will see more in their pockets. Meanwhile, the minimum wage rises by another $1.50.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins made the rounds of two of the groups most affected by the changes: Young families and seniors.<\/p>\n
He started the day at Papakura’s Happy Turtle Childcare Centre, reading the classic picture book We’re Going On A Bear Hunt to an absorbed crowd of kids.<\/p>\n
Parents had their own information to absorb, with changes to income thresholds meaning more than half of New Zealand’s families with kids would now be eligible for subsidised childcare.<\/p>\n
That equated to about 10,000 more children covered by either the Childcare Subsidy for pre-schoolers or the OSCAR Subsidy for school-aged children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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