New Released Statistics Show 99,000 New Zealand Children in Persistent Poverty w/ Child Poverty Action Group's Harry Yu Shi: 18 November, 2024

Currently there's 99,000 children in persistent poverty according to newly released official statistics NZ definition which was released on Friday. 

Producer Yesenia spoke to Child Poverty Action Group researcher Harry Yu Shi about the new statistics regarding persistent poverty being prominent in children lives and how new-long term approaches have been proposed to combat the 99,000 in poverty.