23 Mar 2023

Child poverty rates stall, with 100,000 children in hardship

From Checkpoint, 5:44 pm on 23 March 2023

Child poverty rates have stalled, with a hundred-thousand children still living in poverty.

Earlier today, Statistics NZ released its data for the year ending June 2022, and the numbers showed no change in the previous year.

Experts say it's not surprising, since the government has been tinkering at the edges of policies rather than creating real change.

Our reporter Kate Green has more.