Hon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Social Development and Employment): From tomorrow, more than 1.4 million New Zealanders will see more money in their pockets from boosts to main benefits, superannuation, Working for Families, the minimum wage, and student allowance, but the benefits to New Zealanders go beyond just a lift in financial support. These historic lifts to main benefits in July 2021 and April 2022 will see up to 33,000 children lifted out of poverty on the after-housing cost measure for the 2022-23 year, compared to the projected number for the same year without the Budget 2021 increases. As a Government, we are committed to improving income adequacy, and tomorrow's changes are another step in the right direction. While we have delivered the biggest lift in incomes for New Zealand's most vulnerable in decades, we know there is more to do. 