{"id":440857,"date":"2026-05-23T01:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/440857\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:09:08","slug":"last-resort-social-welfare-payment-set-for-cut-saving-nearly-200m-over-four-years-but-critic-calls-it-nasty-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/440857\/","title":{"rendered":"Last resort social welfare payment set for cut, saving nearly $200m over four years, but critic calls it \u2018nasty\u2019 &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2gFBVV95cUxPWmF6VXBWUTRTLXpqczV0LVZzQ1JSYldRckQ4TWxWSXdOTTZxS25CV1hOVUpMUk9VejZWMExrWTQ5LXpYa1IzLUhhXy1KNVZYVXVacnNBcml6NktBTGVhYS1rMmNVdDkyWEg0aGVUMDU0TEUxbmtyZjFEVUpPa25UMmoxNWtFQ1d5eEMyMEI5bDlEYzFsM1BmeWRkODR2Ul9EcF9BZHlpN3A1WjA5bGpyUDJCTEoxWHkzSzZZczhxVEJNLVVxTkdjYjhiOXlWdkZ1STVKSWlhZzlrQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Last resort social welfare payment set for cut, saving nearly $200m over four years, but critic calls it \u2018nasty\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQWHZ2bVNKcWRDM1hFOVFzWGZzdTFnM1EzLUYxLXJiOGZ0Zm1IRjRyVHRWc2ZPXzljb2R3UHVjUngxczlqMkktT0U2dmpwNDI1MkJ6Y0lpWjBqQjNZanhReTgtZEdLVUFxVWtkUEhLbWN5ek82OEpBSHF2OWh3UUtzOTdMc2tmanVpVHVVRndUdFMzaFQ2UW9KZg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National\u2019s social housing shift sparks warnings from sector<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newsroom<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxOMjVNNl90cUxwN252M2F4NXRzbWtub0VJb0M2NzNHTG1CS0VoMl9lMmRhNEJaTm1XZG5OVVBkdF9VZEp2c3pJa0w4TjVtRm1YYnRMMTNKMzJfQjF1ZHNzTFVHQ0RuUF9kNzZ6bUczN3VzY051dnhhdDh1aERFNGl3M2wxWDdTOEZyMkY1NW9xTzhhSk5jQUJibnptMEN6MXRRUlVzTFQ3MGduWlpIOVllOFQtY1JYVFdnWU1vZWdRU3dENDZ0dUNvUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Labour and Greens say social housing shake-up will see public housing tenants evicted<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPTWh2UlZ0Tng1LXNaS3FVVDdSaW5QblVJSzNkTzhuVVVxaURLc3NORjA3N2RTU0Q5MXhmQTlSS0xfckZldGxNb2tSa0lWUGttTkFoMENnUzR0SXpmOEdXTDBtZ1F4ODhTN3BhVDlBVkFLVXIzWTdUQkljd3BsdV91QnZ0dy01dmtUY3JrNHRVTGlIYXdleTN6VHdEUUF5a0lO?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Willis regrets saying those in social housing had \u2018won the lotto\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQbnJjRmRWcnNzcWNzNGtjaE12TkUySGZYbzl4WUwzdGhwb01rTW5pbXB3elpQdnUycUpaa3FRMGZCNzlRck1fTm1BTUFkdjlDT041RlVoRFFRZlFKRF91a1paMDVQNnJGbFV6aGxmcFpaLTBsdlF4SWNoYktJcjdIWTREbmktN2ZuZFJJY2hxT28ySnZfVW9v?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Social housing reforms \u2018a body blow\u2019 for the poorest &#8211; Labour<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last resort social welfare payment set for cut, saving nearly $200m over four years, but critic calls it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-440857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}