Long term solutions

 

Recommendations to reduce child poverty in NZ long term

 

• Provide affordable, accessible and healthy housing for all low income New Zealanders.

 

• Provide free health care for all children under 18 - day or night.

 

• Provide genuinely free, quality public education for all – no school fees.

 

• Legislate a realistic minimum wage for raising a family today, starting with an initial increase to $12 an hour.