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          "end": "2019-12-31",
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          "end": "2020-06-30",
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          "start": "2020-04-01",
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          "end": "2020-09-30",
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          "end": "2020-12-31",
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          "end": "2021-06-30",
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          "end": "2022-03-31",
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          "start": "2022-01-01",
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          "value": 394236
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    "edition": "June 2026",
    "id": "msd-benefits",
    "landing_url": "https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/benefit/",
    "licence": {
      "attribution": "Source: Ministry of Social Development, Benefit fact sheets, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Figures compiled across releases by NZ in Numbers.",
      "checked_on": "2026-10-10",
      "evidence": "Read directly from https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/tools/copyright-statement.html",
      "exclusions": "Logos, emblems, trade marks, photography, imagery and website design elements are not covered.",
      "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
      "reuse": "open-licence",
      "status": "confirmed",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
    },
    "name": "Benefit fact sheets: national benefit tables",
    "organisation": "Ministry of Social Development (MSD)"
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  "title": "Accommodation Supplement recipients",
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}