2017 NZSSAA 062 (20 October 2017) [pdf, 307 KB]
...role) he will support the other partner and any child or children of the relationship if she has no income of her own or to the extent that it is or becomes inadequate. The commitment must go beyond mere sharing of living expenses, as platonic flatmates or siblings living together may do; it must amount to 2 Ruka v Department of Social Welfare [1997] 1 NZLR 154 (CA). 3 Ruka v Department of Social Welfare [1997] 1 NZLR 154 (CA) at 162, S...