This morning Stats NZ released child poverty statistics for the year ended June 2019. The results show that any changes in child poverty are small and within the margin error, suggesting that nothing much may have changed.

This year we are calling on policy-makers and politicians reform the welfare system so that it is fit for families in the 21st century.

“Many working families on low wages are facing increased financial pressure as they struggle to meet housing costs, and food insecurity is a growing problem.”