Press Release – Office of the Children’s Commissioner Childrens Commissioner Andrew Becroft has today welcomed the correction of child poverty figures by Stats NZ but reminds New Zealanders to remain focussed on whats really going on for tamariki and rangatahi. Stats NZ today released updated poverty … Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft has today welcomed the correction of child poverty figures by Stats NZ but reminds New Zealanders to remain focussed on what’s really going on for tamariki and rangatahi. Stats NZ today released updated poverty figures, corrected after a mistake was discovered in the calculation of the median household income. Measures in the Child Poverty Act are still trending downward, but today’s correction saw a slight improvement on some measures and a slight decline in others, including material hardship.