Pip Colgan

Guest writer

Pip Colgan is an advocate for Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) who supports beneficiaries with their Work and Income appointments.

‘The culture under National was to make it as difficult as possible for people to be able to access what they’re entitled to at Work and Income New Zealand. And now our job is to turn that around.’ – Carmel Sepuloni in 2017

Fighting poverty at the coalface: The diary of a WINZ advocate

Pip Colgan is an advocate at Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP), which means she spends a lot of her life at WINZ offices helping people access the benefits they're entitled to. This is an abridged extract from her diary

By Pip Colgan | 8th December, 2019