[2023] NZSSAA 009 (10 July 2023) [pdf, 175 KB]
...considers that she first applied. [53] XXXX distinctly recalls calling the Ministry for assistance on 16 March 2020. She says that this was a time when she needed to provide a secure base for herself and her children and she borrowed a friend’s phone to call the Ministry. [54] For XXXX, while the difference is only a week, there is a moral aspect to this issue which is important to her. From her perspective, the Ministry’s dismissal of her recollection is harmful and illust...