Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Deepening social inequality and poverty in New Zealand : New Zealand has no official measure of poverty or material hardship. The MSD report used indices related to median household income that are recognised internationally. According to this data, an average of 15 percent of the population lived in poverty ...

Deepening social inequality and poverty in New Zealand : Two recent reports detail the falling incomes of working people and rising levels of poverty , especially among children.