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Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand- Evidence for action - Topix : "Child poverty involves material deprivation and hardship. It means, for instance, a much higher chance of having insufficient nutritious food, going to school ...

Refocus economy on children : I watched Inside NZ about New Zealand child poverty and it gave me some insight into how to fix the economy. I believe that we need to focus on providing a better system for the children of New Zealand . It is appalling that there are ministers for ...

Experts gather to tackle child poverty - Yahoo! New Zealand : A lack of action on child poverty is going to be tackled today by an expert gathering. Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

The true horrifying depths of NZ Child Poverty « The Daily Blog : There have been a whole raft of reports over the last few weeks detailing the appalling levels of child poverty in New Zealand . An expert advisory group to the ...

New report reveals brown social underclass in New Zealand : A report on Māori and Pasifika child poverty shows that just over half of the 200000 New Zealand children living below the poverty line, are Māori (59651) and Pasifika (44120). “This report provides the first comprehensive overview of data on Māori and ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Key rejects poor report for 'targeted approach' : If the Government adopted the recommendations of a child poverty report out yesterday, they would get an an extra $125-$150 a week. Lam Sam, 56, starts work at ... The couple moved to New Zealand from Samoa a decade ago. Two of their three children ...

Catriona MacLennan: Stop dodging tax and we can end child poverty : The report last December of the expert advisory group on solutions to child poverty - "Solutions to child poverty : Evidence for action today" - contained a list of 78 recommendations for addressing child poverty in New Zealand . The cost is estimated to ...

Child Poverty: A comparative analysis : Child Poverty: A comparative analysis. Bob Stephens. Senior Research Associate,. Institute of Policy Studies. School of Government. New Zealand Poverty ...

Money to fight poverty : The announcement may be partly a response to a Unicef report published last month, which criticised New Zealand's record in child wellbeing across a variety of measures, including ranking it 21st out of 35 developed countries for levels of child poverty .

Government gets a 'D' for child poverty : ... of the Ministerial Committee on Poverty , defended the Government's action, saying many of the Salvation Army's indicators had improved in the last year. "We agree with the Salvation Army about a lot of the diagnosis," Mr English told Radio New Zealand .

Words on child poverty resonate : The 14-year-old came to the notice of Inside Child Poverty New Zealand documentary maker Bryan Bruce, after writing an impassioned speech on child poverty for a class assessment. Mr Bruce posted Emma's speech on the Child Poverty Facebook page ...

New Zealand Child Poverty Monitor Report Reveals 1 in 4 Kids Live ...  - A new report revealed that one out of four children in New Zealand live in ... the youngest, are more likely to live poorly than people in their retirement age.

Report shows New Zealand's child poverty problem : By Laura Frykberg A new report has found more than half of the 200000 children living in poverty in New Zealand are Maori or Pacific Island. Experts say if nothing is done to help this growing underclass there will be serious implications, ... 3News NZ

Bold targets needed to curb child poverty : Recently the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty issued a report on how to tackle child poverty in New Zealand . Among the many recommendations are proposals to establish authoritative measures of child poverty then set targets to cut ...

NZ reggae artists remake Herbs' song for charity : Some of New Zealand's best reggae artists are joining forces to help fight child abuse as part of a music special that will be screened on Maori Television next month. The stellar line-up includes Sons of Zion, Tomorrow People, Three Houses Down, House ...

Hat and hope handy but not for a plan : The real beauty of this report is in how it empowers all of us who care about child poverty in New Zealand , to take a greater level of interest in work that is already taking place and to lobby for more. It has the potential to bring us the joy and ...

Bill Takes Bold Steps To Tackle Child Poverty | Scoop News : A bill to tackle the causes of New Zealand's child poverty shame will deliver genuine change for our most vulnerable kids its sponsor Labour MP Jacinda ...

Tax break penalises poorest : OPINION: New Zealand continues to grapple with a poor track record for child poverty and particularly the rising inequality affecting our poorest children. Plenty of reports attest to the sad state of child poverty in New Zealand and the resultant ...

Report on child poverty a breakthrough for kiwi children : “The government understands that child poverty is a problem in New Zealand and is already doing many things for children that I endorse. These include supporting beneficiary parents into work, reducing rates of acute rheumatic fever, improving on-time ...

Child poverty report sparks call for better monitoring : A child poverty report which has ranked New Zealand in the bottom half of developed nations has sparked calls for better monitoring, which one groups says has ...