[2016] NZSSAA 035 (16 May 2016) [pdf, 45 KB]
...However the common meaning of “living apart” is plain; and policy considerations are to be kept in a full perspective. It is policy to provide benefits where there is need; but it likewise is policy to expect claimants to call upon their own resources, and the resources of those properly obliged to them, before calling on the state. It is within policy to expect claimants to call upon spouses, where a mental commitment to the marriage still exists, before claiming welfare benefits....