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30 Nov 2001
The impact of social hazards on children and young people is deeply concerning. Each year in New Zealand through second hand smoke, drug use and alcohol, thousands of children and young people become ill, die, or suffer brain damage, at huge cost to their families and society. Gambling seriously undermines family income and may adversely affect the behaviour of family members. All these hazards occur much more commonly in poor families, where risk-taking behaviour may be a manifestation of desperation. To reduce the prevalence of these social hazards there needs to be appropriate legislation and education, combined with government policies which reduce poverty and its effects.
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30 Jul 2001
Despite well-documented evidence of increasing child poverty in New Zealand, little attention is being paid to preventative measures aimed at supporting family incomes. The neglect of family assistance is one of the factors responsible for a rise in the incidence and severity of child poverty in New Zealand. This discussion document analyses the effect on families of the failure to adequately adjust income support for inflation, and the effect of increased targeting of the payment.
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