Child Poverty Action Group says the National Party "methodically" reduced welfare.

Urgent cross-party talks are needed to help end child poverty, group says.

Jacinda Ardern wants to reduce child poverty. Simon Collins explores how she can do it.

Malnutrition is putting twice as many kids in hospital now compared to ten years ago

A boost for the poor is a boost for everyone, says a social service provider.

Steven Joyce says throwing money at a problem is not necessarily the answer.

Poor nutrition and inadequate housing put children at risk of mental health problems.

Warning for parents amid cases of children being left alone: 'We're not a daycare.'

Child advocates call for access to be simplified

The In Work Tax Credit fails children and is a policy that cannot be justified, writes Michael Timmins. Its operation is so complicated and ultimately punitive in that its costs outweigh any supposed benefits.

The Government's 2015 Budget had at its centerpiece a push towards "compassionate conservatism", writes Michael Timmins. While more compassion is indeed welcome, the end result is mere tokenism.

A group which campaigns against child poverty says while it is heartening to see an increase in beneficiary incomes for the first time in over 40 years, there is still work to be done.

Child poverty campaigners say the Budget has “broken the mould” of austerity – but say any fiscal surpluses in the next few years should be used to relieve the country’s unjust “social deficit”, not to cut taxes.

An 8-year-old Manurewa boy is one of 11,000 disabled children to lose a welfare benefit, even though his asthma is so bad that he missed one in every four school days.

The latest figures show nearly one quarter of our 1.1 million children under 18 live in households with very low incomes after housing costs.

We are already paying for the offspring of poverty, writes Lucy Lawless. Hungry kids are sick kids - so feeding them in schools is a smart strategy.

A "poverty of benevolence within the corridors of power" was denounced today as crowds marched to raise awareness of child poverty in New Zealand.

A new poll on child poverty has found most Kiwis want more done to fix the problem - but not if it meant paying higher taxes.

Almost 13,000 parents with dependent children have had their benefits cut for failing work tests in the first 2 years after sole parents first had to look for work.

Just over half of voters support extending Working for Families in-work tax credits of at least $60 a week to beneficiaries.

A group of Auckland charities have quietly started lending money at zero interest rates to low-income families in a pilot project which may drive loan sharks out.

Good policies require good information, not prejudices and ill-informed judgments expressed from the sideline, writes Michael O'Brien.