The Dole, Circa 1993

Because I’m currently being a starving artist, I’m considering going on the dole. I’ve heard that ever since Income Support Services and New Zealand Employment Service were combined into one and became WINZ, things have vastly improved.

I do hope so, especially after finding this unmailed letter in a box of my old stuff (the year is wrong – it should have been 1993, but you get the picture):