We Are Beneficiaries

We are a group of artists continuing the conversation Metiria Turei started when she was an MP about the social welfare system in Aotearoa.

We asked people who have been on a benefit in Aotearoa/New Zealand to send us 3-5 sentences about:

• Their time on the welfare system, or

• What they wish the welfare system was like, or

• How they’ve been treated as a beneficiary

We've used their stories to create art.

We have made a report that shares the first 200 stories, grouping them into key themes, and offers recommendations of how to improve the welfare system in New Zealand. We recently completed a givealittle to get the first run of copies out, to present to the new Ministers.

We need your help to do a second print run to get our stories heard across New Zealand

For our stories head over to:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeAreBeneficiaries

Twitter: https://twitter.com/webeneficiaries

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearebeneficiaries/

If you want to download a pdf of the report head here: http://bit.do/WABreport