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        {
          "end": "2017-12-31",
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        {
          "end": "2018-03-31",
          "label": "Mar 2018 qtr",
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        {
          "end": "2018-06-30",
          "label": "Jun 2018 qtr",
          "period": "2018-06-30",
          "start": "2018-04-01",
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        {
          "end": "2018-09-30",
          "label": "Sep 2018 qtr",
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          "end": "2018-12-31",
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          "start": "2018-10-01",
          "value": 59868
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        {
          "end": "2019-03-31",
          "label": "Mar 2019 qtr",
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        {
          "end": "2019-06-30",
          "label": "Jun 2019 qtr",
          "period": "2019-06-30",
          "start": "2019-04-01",
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        {
          "end": "2019-09-30",
          "label": "Sep 2019 qtr",
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          "start": "2019-07-01",
          "value": 59715
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        {
          "end": "2019-12-31",
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          "period": "2019-12-31",
          "start": "2019-10-01",
          "value": 61188
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        {
          "end": "2020-03-31",
          "label": "Mar 2020 qtr",
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          "start": "2020-01-01",
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        {
          "end": "2020-06-30",
          "label": "Jun 2020 qtr",
          "period": "2020-06-30",
          "start": "2020-04-01",
          "value": 64029
        },
        {
          "end": "2020-09-30",
          "label": "Sep 2020 qtr",
          "period": "2020-09-30",
          "start": "2020-07-01",
          "value": 65856
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        {
          "end": "2020-12-31",
          "label": "Dec 2020 qtr",
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          "start": "2020-10-01",
          "value": 67563
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        {
          "end": "2021-03-31",
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          "value": 66753
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        {
          "end": "2021-06-30",
          "label": "Jun 2021 qtr",
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          "start": "2021-04-01",
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        {
          "end": "2021-09-30",
          "label": "Sep 2021 qtr",
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          "start": "2021-07-01",
          "value": 66627
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        {
          "end": "2021-12-31",
          "label": "Dec 2021 qtr",
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          "end": "2022-03-31",
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          "start": "2022-01-01",
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        {
          "end": "2022-06-30",
          "label": "Jun 2022 qtr",
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          "start": "2022-04-01",
          "value": 72687
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        {
          "end": "2022-09-30",
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          "start": "2022-07-01",
          "value": 72897
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          "end": "2022-12-31",
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          "end": "2023-03-31",
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          "start": "2021-07-01",
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          "end": "2021-12-31",
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          "end": "2022-03-31",
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          "end": "2022-06-30",
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          "start": "2022-04-01",
          "value": 97710
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          "end": "2023-03-31",
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          "end": "2023-06-30",
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          "end": "2018-06-30",
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          "start": "2018-04-01",
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          "end": "2018-09-30",
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          "start": "2018-10-01",
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          "end": "2019-06-30",
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          "end": "2020-06-30",
          "label": "Jun 2020 qtr",
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          "start": "2020-04-01",
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        {
          "end": "2020-09-30",
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          "start": "2020-07-01",
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        {
          "end": "2020-12-31",
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          "start": "2020-10-01",
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          "end": "2021-03-31",
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        {
          "end": "2021-06-30",
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        {
          "end": "2021-09-30",
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          "end": "2021-12-31",
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          "end": "2022-03-31",
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          "end": "2022-06-30",
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          "start": "2022-04-01",
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          "end": "2022-09-30",
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          "start": "2022-10-01",
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          "end": "2023-06-30",
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          "end": "2023-09-30",
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          "start": "2023-07-01",
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          "start": "2023-10-01",
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    "id": "msd-benefits",
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      "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",
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    },
    "name": "Benefit fact sheets: national benefit tables",
    "organisation": "Ministry of Social Development (MSD)"
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  "title": "People receiving a main benefit",
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}