The Government's Child Poverty Reduction Progress w/ Save the Children's Jacqui Southey: February 25, 2022

The latest Stats NZ data shows a downward trend in all nine child poverty measures in Aotearoa. 

However, Save The Children says we still have a long way to go to ensure all tamariki in Aotearoa are able to thrive. 

Jessica Hopkins spoke to Advocacy and Research Director Jacqui Southey, who says that more attention needs to be given to lifting the incomes of our lowest-income families.

They started the interview discussing Jacqui’s response to the Government's announcement that 66,500 children have been lifted out of poverty since 2018.