The report, Mako Mama – Mangopare, used a survey and focus groups to get information from 3500 Sole Parents. Two thirds said they suffered family violence, with many complaining that government agencies were more likely to investigate them than offer them help. Head researcher Tania Domett said negative attitudes were affecting access to education, employment, and healthcare for many of the more than 70,000 people receiving Sole Parent Support. The report, by research group Project Gender, was commissioned by child advocacy group The Peter McKenzie Project and cost nearly $200,000. In it, the report’s authors made 82 recommendations for change. “We’ve got recommendations for government, for communities, for business, for schools, for landlords. “It really is reaching every single actor that is supposed to be there to support single parents,” Domett said. Many respondents said they struggled to navigate the welfare system and the advice available was unclear and often contradictory.

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