Experts, economists, academics flocking to NZ to share wisdom on child well being
High levels of immigration are being touted as one aspect that keep wages low.
High levels of immigration are being touted as one aspect that keep wages low.
National MP's bill to change school decile system missing the point
Jacinda Ardern warns a fix for 'ropy' data will see poverty numbers go up before dropping
Rhema Vaithianathan has hit the news with a study on Kiwi kids.
Jennifer Dann puts 12 questions to film maker Todd Karehana.
Former P addict Rachel Axis speaks out about her past. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Logie said new initiatives between the sector and Government are already underway.
Top business leaders cook up three-course meal for homeless
Man chose to sleep rough from age 10 and says homelessness is part of a bigger picture.
Families forced to cut food budgets because of back-to-school costs.
OPINION: New Zealand's GDP has been growing for nine years now, but what does that mean?
A new eatery will be staffed by former homeless people. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
In New Zealand, 3 babies out of 1000 die in the first month. In Kiribati it's 23.
Four-fifths of schools now ask parents for "donations" ranging from $7 to $1225 a year.
Poverty, ethnicity don't explain the link, researchers say.
Fewer elderly people own their homes, and that's a recipe for poverty among the over-65s.
Feeding hungry kids is a "human statement", not a political one, Goff says.
Kiwis suffer with rising rents and stagnated incomes.
Transient Kiwis make up a population the size of Tauranga - new research has found.
Kate Stewart ponders the Government's policy to reduce child poverty.
"They've had a very eye-opening summer," Auckland mum Kristin Ward says.
Fiscal constraints mean it can only get worse from here, says Bill English.
Bill English said National had a more ambitious target to reduce poverty.
"When I first arrived at the school, everyone was so down, it was really dark."
National leader Bill English says the legislation is not needed, but will consider it.
English recognised the importance of targets during the election, writes Audrey Young.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern outlining details of the Child Poverty Reduction Bill during her post-Cabinet press conference, Parliament, Wellington. / Mark Mitchell
Child poverty was a key theme of the campaign - and Ardern's election platform.
National leader Bill English says Labour taking National for granted on TPP.