Food 'not an essential need' blunder: Minister won't apologise

Name: Food 'not an essential need' blunder: Minister won't apologise
Uploaded: 2026-09-09T11:05:01+12:00
Description: Social Development Minister Louise Upston says the ministry has apologised, and says the grant denials were labelled wrong, but not incorrectly denied.

Added to Readymix: 9 September 2026

Social Development Minister Louise Upston says the ministry has apologised, and says the grant denials were labelled wrong, but not incorrectly denied.

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