Jo Raphael: Our child poverty shame is letting us down 28 Feb, 2021 07:00 PM 3 minutes to read Child poverty more than twice as likely to affect Māori, Pasifika, disabled children as Pākehā. Video / Mark Mitchell Child poverty more than twice as likely to affect Māori, Pasifika, disabled children as Pākehā. Video / Mark Mitchell We live in a lucky country. Although we are still living with its effects on our economy, we have been virtually untouched by Covid-19 when compared with the rest of the world in terms of our health and our freedom. We are ranked seventh in the world on the prosperity index – Australia sits at 16, the UK at 13 and the US 18. We sit at the top of the table in the Asia-Pacific region.