Are dependency models the answer? It's time policy-makers started looking at "supported independency" models. Solutions from the experts point to more and more money being thrown directly at families or through various initiatives that ultimately, are a sticking plaster solution. On the surface,

UN Rights of the Child Article 1 (definition of the child) Everyone under the age of 18 has all the rights in the Convention. Article 2 (non-discrimination) The Convention applies to every child without discrimination, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any oth

Poverty Measures 2016 • Material Hardship • Material hardship - list • Crowded Homes and Child Poverty • Education and Child Poverty • Income Poverty • Persistent Poverty • Poor Health and Child Poverty • Poor Quality Housing and Heating Problems • Severe Poverty • Trends Over Time •

UNICEF NZ tells us the shocking truth. Image by Iain McGregor UNICEF defines child poverty as children being deprived of the material, spiritual and emotional resources needed to survive, develop and thrive. This leaves them unable to enjoy their rights, achieve their full potential or participat

The facts Fact 1: There is poverty within prosperity in Aotearoa New Zealand • There are around 622,000 people in poverty in this country or one in seven households. • Some groups are more likely than others to be in poverty: Beneficiaries, children, Māori and Pacific peoples, and sole parents

Published December 13, 2016 on Stuff. • New Zealand child poverty has hit a "crisis" point • New Zealand's child poverty rates aren't greatly improving • We are starting to "wake up to this serious problem" • 90,000 children are living in severe poverty in New Zealand • 14% of children