NZ needs a new direction...

[king1]

Perhaps getting pregnant WAS her job so she could remain on the benefit?

You may have missed the part in the article where it was made clear that she & her partner had only recently split up.

giving the benefit of the doubt, a lot of stuff must have gone wrong for her in the last few weeks - no other family? no rainy day fund? the ex hubby isn't helping out financially? due to give birth any day... these are the very reasons we have a social welfare system.   

The other point of view...  Is it conceivable these are seven kids from multiple fathers - the most recent ex seems to have found it easy to leave, I would suspect that would not be the case if they were a good catholic family...