The government's being told there's no excuse for its failure to act on the high number of children living in poverty.
The Child Poverty Action Group says latest figures show one quarter of all New Zealand children are living below the poverty line.
Its convener, Associate Professor Mike O'Brien, says that hasn't changed from a year ago.
He says that may not be surprising, as the government hasn't done anything to make any difference."We've seen enough material from a whole range of sources to know the extent of child poverty and I guess I would have expected there would have been really concerted effort from the government to respond to some of those reports and the data that we now have."
Dr O'Brien says New Zealand's high rate of child poverty damages the country's international reputation.
