The Children’s Commissioner says a spike in young people behind the wheel in ram raids is being created by families living in a “total state of hopelessness”. Judge Frances Eivers says child welfare and criminality are social issues and increasing poverty cannot go ignored. Her comments come on the day of new ram raids – Read more
Posts Tagged ‘social inequality’
Census 2018 limitations disproportionately affect Māori
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
One in seven people did not complete the 2018 census, the first to be moved mostly online. Māori are likely to have been disproportionately affected by the new process but they have had no say in its design or implementation says Te Mana Raraunga, (TMR) the Māori Data Sovereignty Network. They think the limitations of the Read more
More Kiwis falling into poverty
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
The Salvation Army says drugs, crime and poverty mar its latest state of the nation report. It says despite the country becoming wealthier, many Kiwis don’t share the prosperity. The Salvation Army says the number of families seeking food parcels from its 65 food banks jumped 12 percent this year. It says demand had held Read more
Solo Mother who supported City Mission campaign gets cruel comments on social media
Thursday, May 18th, 2017
Auckland City Missioner, Chris Farrelly, has written to the New Zealand Herald saying he was “troubled immensely” by the comments on Facebook about a story featuring a solo mother of six. The story was part of the Mission’s Mothers’ Day fundraising campaign. “It was at odds with what I know of the brave and resilient Read more
Papal inequality tweet sends right-wing commentators into flap
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Pope Francis has put out a tweet against inequality which has conservative economic commentators fuming. On April 28, Pope Francis posted to his Twitter feed: “Iniquitas radix malorum.” In English this translates to “Inequality is the root of social evil”. The papal tweet came only days after French economist Thomas Picketty’s bestseller “Capital in the Read more