The Auckland City Missioner says a report on child poverty is timely, and if the recommendations in it were adopted it would have a significant impact. However, she says what is ultimately needed is a change in the way government agencies work. The report, commissioned by the Children’s Commissioner and released by an expert advisory group, Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Child Poverty’
Children victims of Government policy
Friday, November 16th, 2012
Vulnerable children are bearing the brunt of Government changes to welfare benefits, with sole parents the majority of those with children having their benefits cut, says Child Poverty Action Group. Figures obtained by the lobby group under the Official Information Act show since the Government’s first tranche of welfare reforms were introduced in July last Read more
Child Poverty – where are the men?
Monday, November 12th, 2012
As he was addressing a group of MPs and their staff who had come together to discuss child poverty Parliament last week, Victoria University public policy Professor Jonathan Boston realised he was the only man in the room. Boston, who is co-chairman of the Children’s Commissioner’s advisory group on solutions to child poverty has discovered a significant Read more
Three myths about child poverty
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Child poverty in New Zealand is unacceptably and unnecessarily high and it can be reduced, and it ought to be according to Professor Jonathan Boston. “Doing so would constitute a great investment in all our futures. But it will require public support, sensible policies, sustained effort and political will.” Boston says there are three myths about Child Poverty in Read more
- Children's Commissioner's Report on Child Poverty
- Unicef Report on Child Poverty
- Child poverty costs NZ $10b a year - expert
- Parents are the real source of child poverty says Michael Laws
- Brief Statistics on Child Poverty in New Zealand
- Bay kids' heartbreaking poverty
- A sobering report. 270,000 New Zealand children live in poverty
Phil O’Reilly: child poverty affects us all
Friday, September 21st, 2012
Recently an expert advisory group made some recommendations for tackling child poverty. I’m a member of the advisory group and took part in its work because business has a clear interest in this issue – child poverty affects us all. Some of the advisory group’s interim recommendations were quite specific – on things like benefit Read more
Child poverty our biggest enemy
Friday, September 14th, 2012
Growing up in poverty has pernicious, enduring, but preventable effects on children. Research suggests that poverty is the single greatest threat to child wellbeing. Its negative effects endure and escalate across the entire lifespan. It is concerning, therefore, that according to the recent report by the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty, approximately Read more
Children advise Archbishop Dew on food insecurity in NZ
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Passing on extra vegetables grown in the garden to people in need, and sharing what food we have, were suggestions that students at St Teresa’s School in Karori gave today to help overcome hunger and food insecurity in New Zealand. The students were talking to Catholic Archbishop of Wellington John Dew over lunch, prior to Read more
Being poor in New Zealand
Friday, July 6th, 2012
A friend recently posted on Facebook “Sleeping in the lounge with the children to stay warm….Brrrr”. I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or feel sad about this. I can relate to the fact that it is a cold winter and my old 1950’s cottage is a challenge to heat up even with several heaters on Read more
Children living in poverty in the Bay of Plenty
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
There are many children living in poverty in the Bay of Plenty. They are being fed by Tauranga’s foodbank, presenting at hospital with serious skin infections and living in sub-standard conditions, according to school principals in the area. In Merivale, one of Tauranga’s poorest suburbs, families are living in over-crowded houses and illness is rife Read more
Budget gives with one hand and takes with the other says Caritas
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Short-sighted policy changes, taking with one hand while giving with the other, may leave vulnerable groups short-changed in this year’s Budget, says Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. Caritas Director Julianne Hickey says the Catholic agency assesses the impact of Budget measures through the lens of the common good: what will contribute to Read more