New report shows worsening outcomes for tamariki w/ UNICEF's Claire McLennan-Kissel: 16 April, 2025

UNICEF Aotearoa recently put out a response to the child poverty statistics in the government’s Child and Youth Strategy report.

UNICEF have said that the coalition government lacked policies to make meaningful change to address the number of Tamariki living in material hardship and called for specific investment into programmes that would materially improve children’s lives.

I spoke to UNICEF Aotearoa’s Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor, Clare McLennan-Kissel, about the report and their calls to the government to address the number of Tamariki living in material hardship.