17 Jan 2019

Teacher fears life on solo parent benefit in immigration wait

From Summer Report, 8:15 am on 17 January 2019

A widowed teacher with an autistic son is among those pleading for an answer on whether her parents will be allowed to join them under a shelved immigration programme. Zoe Jiang, of Wellington, says she does not want to be forced onto benefits to look after her six-year-old boy Zac, while her parents are locked out of helping her. Our immigration reporter, Gill Bonnett, has the story.

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