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RNZ News
23-05-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 23 May 2025
money sport 20 minutes ago In today's episode, we speak to beneficiary advocate Kay Brereton about means-testing parents of 18- and 19-year-olds on the jobseeker support benefit. We also speak with Stephanie Pow, parental leave expert, on the changes to the Best Start payments. Victoria University of Wellington's Provost, Professor Bryony James, gives her reaction to the Trump administration barring foreign students from enrolling at Harvard, and we speak to sports broadcaster Rikki Swannell about US rugby superstar Ilona Maher.
RNZ News
23-05-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
Best Start tax credit to be income-tested
children economy 22 minutes ago More than 60,000 families will be worse off as a result of a move to income-test the Best Start tax credit in the first year of a baby's life. Leading expert in parental leave and financial wellbeing in New Zealand Stephanie Pow spoke to Charlotte Cook.
