Wellington, April 14 NZPA - Ministry of Social Development and Department of Internal Affairs employees are leading the way in donations straight out of their pay packet, Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia says.

Wellington, April 9 NZPA - The membership of a group to develop a relationship agreement between the community, voluntary sector and the Government was today announced by Tariana Turia, the minister responsible for the sector.

Wellington, March 29 NZPA - KPMG has been appointed to benchmark administrative and support services in nine state sector agencies. The move was announced by the Treasury in a statement that did not detail the size of the contract. The Treasury is among the agencies being benchmarked.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, March 17 NZPA - Work and Income staff were struggling to make contact with people on sickness and invalid's benefits because of high workloads, a select committee was told today.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Cutting the salaries of public service chief executives would create a domino effect for other public servants, State Services Minister Tony Ryall says.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key has described as "dumb and hypocritical" a suggestion by Labour leader Phil Goff that public service chief executives' salaries should be capped.

Wellington, Dec 18 NZPA - Claims that money to support victims in court is being diverted to an advertising campaign against Maori family violence are wrong, Associate Social Development and Employment Minister Tariana Turia says.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, Dec 16 NZPA - A campaign focused on preventing child abuse is not the way to go, Children's Commissioner John Angus said today, in sharp contrast to his predecessor's position.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, Dec 16 NZPA - Money to pay for a new Maori family violence campaign would be funded out of a budget originally tagged to ensure victims in courts got the help they needed.

Wellington, Nov 26 NZPA - There were errors in how an event hosted by National MP Paul Quinn and Work and Income was publicised, Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has found.