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Welfare that Works - Community Job Coaching
13 January 2026

Community Job Coaching was announced as part of Budget 2025 to help more young jobseekers prepare for and move into employment.

Community detention for 16 attempts at COVID19 Wage Subsidy fraud
15 December 2025

An Auckland man was sentenced to six months community detention and nine months supervision in the Waitakere District Court after making fraudulent Wage Subsidy Scheme applications.

Christchurch man claimed wage subsidy twice for the same employees
10 December 2025

A Christchurch man has been sentenced to 8 months home detention in the Taupō District Court after fraudulently obtaining more than $41,000 through the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.

Sentencing for over $200k in Wage Subsidy fraud
21 November 2025

Imprisonment and home detention for major Wage Subsidy fraud

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