MIL-OSI New Zealand: Government report shows children made to suffer unnecessarily
13 May 2021 Grim reading: that’s the Child Poverty Action Group’s assessment of the Child Poverty Related Indicators Report released today by the Government. “The report shows our children are suffering unnecessarily. Polling shows our communities care and want the Government to ensure families have liveable incomes – and that is an obvious, immediate step to stop many of these issues,” says Professor Emeritus Innes Asher, CPAG spokesperson and Welfare Expert Advisory Group member. “When one out of five children don’t have enough food to eat in Aotearoa New Zealand, that’s a c...