All tamariki will grow up surrounded by loving, thriving whānau within supportive communities where there are resources, opportunities and systems to enable them to live self-determined lives and futures.

The first 1000 days are the most important part of life’s trajectory, and must be prioritised more.

The state discriminates disproportionately against disabled people, including children, and locks them into poverty.

No child in Aotearoa New Zealand should be deprived of the minimal nutrients and a diet needed for physical development due to a lack of resources. Yet they are.

There are severe financial implications for benefit recipients who enter or who are already in a marriage or a de facto relationship.

New Zealand’s key income assistance programme for children, “Working For Families”, is failing to ensure that all children live free from poverty