NZ Limits Unemployment Benefits, PM Tells Affected People to Look for Work

On the same day that grim new unemployment data was released, showing the number of people without work has risen to a four-year high, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has taken to social media to warn beneficiaries that they face the risk of losing government support if they don’t keep looking for work. “My message to those facing benefit sanctions,” he wrote on X. “Get a resume, show up for the job interview, check in with your case manager, and your fellow New Zealander will support you on a pathway to work. “You have an obligation to look for work and to participate in work, and if you don’t, we’ll sanction your benefits.”...