Media Releases

The Ministry of Social Development is gearing up to help provide a pipeline of labour for major infrastructure projects across the Hutt Valley, estimated to be valued at $2.7 billion - over the next 10 years.

The Ministry of Social Development has made changes in its approach to cases of high risk fraud investigations.

Each year $750,000 is made available for policy-relevant research using Growing Up in New Zealand data.

Auckland University of Technology research funded by the Ministry of Social Development’s Children and Families Research Fund looks at the prevalence, school readiness outcomes and protective factors around adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in New Zealand children.