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Poverty in New Zealand 'shocking' A British debt counsellor invited to take part in a social justice panel discussion at the Parachute Christian Music Festival says he has seen an underbelly of poverty in New Zealand that is shocking. John Kirkby, who founded Christians Against Poverty ...

Teen becomes leader in child poverty fight The standard of living of people in New Zealand is shocking, people are struggling. It's something the government needed to address a long time ago." Jazmine, who is 16, can relate to what she is saying. She used to live in a state house in this very ...

Spotlight turned on North's shocking child poverty : The Whangarei Child Poverty Action Group called on leaders to show the same determination in tackling social issues as the All Blacks did in winning the Rugby World Cup. Group spokeswoman Ngaire Rae said New Zealand ranked No1 of 25 countries in world ...

A poverty of ideas : 270,000 New Zealand children live in poverty . That's around double the amount of children living in poverty just 30 years ago. It is a shocking, unacceptable number, and government after government has failed to address it. Over the last two years ... 3News NZ

Pasifika poverty a National shame : Poverty rates among Pasifika children are a modern day scourge, says Labour's Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson Su'a William Sio. "By some measures a shocking 40 per cent of Pasifika children live in such serious deprivation that they are unlikely to ...