[2017] NZSAAA 06 (20 October 2017) [pdf, 227 KB]
...review decision focusses mainly on these. [9] Firstly, in response to her argument that her mother is financially dependent on her because her reduced financial circumstances mean that she is no longer able to support the household out of her own resources and has to rely on the appellant’s allowance and other income to survive, the Secretary says: 3 “The term ‘financially dependent’ is not defined within the Regulations. Within a welfare context a person is conside...