“Experts say if nothing is done to help this growing underclass there will be serious implications, not just for their health but for the country as a whole.”
Read more: ‘Report shows New Zealand’s child poverty problem.’ -Laura Frykberg
“On the OECD measure, New Zealand ranked just 21st of the 30 countries included and data showed at least one in five children lived in severe or significant hardship, while at least one in four children lived below the semi-official poverty line.“
Read more: ‘Quarter of Kiwi kids in Poverty.’ -Shabnam Dastghieb
‘We have four solutions: make Working for Families work for every low income family, provide better study support for sole parents and beneficiaries, raise the minimum wage to help working parents, and make sure rental properties are warm and healthy for kids.’
Read More: ‘Action needed on child poverty in NZ.’ -Three News.”
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has dismissed a report on child poverty as a political document and a rehash of work the authors have already done.”
Read More: ‘Minister dismisses Child Poverty report as Political.’ -Radio New Zealand