[2015] NZSSAA 041 (1 July 2015) [pdf, 35 KB]
...paid a benefit at the sole parent rate.1 [5] The appellant now seeks to further challenge Ms XXXX’s entitlement to benefit by alleging that Ms XXXX was in a de facto relationship at the time she was receiving Domestic Purposes Benefit. He claims she therefore had no entitlement to benefit and on that basis he was entitled to be granted a benefit that included XXXX. Decision [6] We note at the outset that simply being in a de facto relationship would not necessarily have mea...