Innes Asher

With a record almost half a million New Zealanders relying on food handouts from charity each month - the new government is being told that child poverty must be at the top of its agenda.

The Child… Audio

Groups representing those most disadvantaged in Aotearoa say they're disappointed the budget hasn't gone far enough.

Child Poverty Action Group says while it is encouraging to see large investments… Audio

The government contends that two new reports reveal progress is being made to lift children from poverty.

The reports are the first statutory Annual Report for the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy… Audio

The government's touting the success of a families package scheme, saying it helped more than half of all families with children in its first year.

Introduced in 2018, the Families Package boosted… Audio

The Child Poverty Action Group says the latest data on child poverty makes grim reading. Two new reports on child poverty and wellbeing show one in five children are living in households where food… Audio

'Shocking and disappointing', Those are the words the Child Poverty Action Group are using to describe the state of child poverty in New Zealand following a new report from Statistics New Zealand.

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The Child Poverty Action Group is dismayed the government is not moving fast enough to lift New Zealand families out of poverty.

It's been nearly two years since government-appointed experts called… Audio

A new study into prescription charges will ascertain the extent to which $5 prescription charges are stopping New Zealanders from undergoing treatment. University of Otago Professor Pauline Norris is… Audio

In a democratic society striving to give everyone a voice, have we lost the ability to listen? Audio