Posts Tagged ‘Bryan Bruce’

Child poverty in NZ documentary highlights need for political leadership

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Last week TV3 broadcast a documentary on child poverty highlighting the issue of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand.  Child Matters supports Bryan Bruce’s call in his documentary – for legislation to put our children first; for a strong focus on the needs of children, not the status of parents; and for this to happen across all political parties. Read more

Report reveals New Zealand’s child poverty

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

More than 100 New Zealand children who died last year would probably have survived had they lived in Japan, Sweden or the Czech Republic, a new documentary shows. In Inside Child Poverty: A Special Report, set to air this week, Wellington documentary maker Bryan Bruce shows a Swedish doctor footage of sick, scab-ridden schoolchildren suffering Read more