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Grandparents as carers

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Grandparents as carers

Grandparents sometimes become the primary caregivers for their grandchildren. Margaret Aspinall looks after her four-year-old granddaughter Jayde. She has argued that, just as sole parents caring for their children can access a training incentive allowance, grandparents in the same situation should also be able to apply for this allowance.

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Ian Pool and Rosemary Du Plessis, Families: a history – 21st-century families, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30228/grandparents-as-carers (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Ian Pool and Rosemary Du Plessis, published 31 March 2011, updated 1 July 2017.