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New Zealand's dismal record on child poverty and the government's challenge to turn it around

  • Written by Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand's dismal record on child poverty and the government's challenge to turn it aroundSome children in New Zealand live in such hardship that they don't have a good pair of shoes and have to put up with feeling cold. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

The latest statistics on childhood poverty in New Zealand suggest that, on some key measures, things are worse than previously estimated.

About one in six children (16% or 183,000)...

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