[2019] NZSAAA 1 (4 February 2019) [pdf, 417 KB]
...unreasonable “for the student to live with a parent and receive financial assistance from any parent”? Even if this could be seen as ambiguous it is clear that reg 8 is deliberately restricted to a very narrow range of “exceptional” situations. Permitting parents to avoid the Student Allowance income testing regime by arguing that it is unreasonable to expect them to support their adult child despite the fact that they may well be able to afford to do so, would arguably broaden t...