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Theyre not going to cut or of here when you zealand has just under a 1000000 children, 70 percent of them live well, but 20 percent depend on out of disadvantaged teen missing love and chronic poverty and digital as martin children and the families are paid at the most and you can see of colonize ation, there structurally, and systemically generates suffering for marty cover. 19 showed us just how quickly our nation can move to address an acceptable risk and shine a bright light on the widening gap between the rich and the core. In this country and a well resourced nation like new zealand, which prides itself on kindness, its unacceptable to have so many people struggling. Urgent action is needed to ensure the burden of a worldwide recession doesnt deepen and widen poverty in this country. This is a challenge, particularly for all nations where the genius children, experience disproportionately and chronic disadvantage. Why so many children in new zealand are being left behind the discussion today. If youre on you tube, jumping to the Comment Section and be part of our discussion, let me say hello to the guests. The guests themselves to you. How advice tell the . Well, i guess, i mean it replaced comment on this conversation about geary and marya, which means of and the scenes weisel sown from chile. So i have a case of wider world view of the topic. And i will suggest up in what society would call a slum. And ive moved on to several businesses and i produce a radio show in new zealand calls. And thats his club, which deals with Mental Health issues. Nice to have the advice hello. Tell him away. You are sokoloff, though, my names Brooke Stanley powell and i am a quarter nato were action against poverty where a voluntary Political Advocacy Group thats fighting for a new system to ensure that everybody here can live a life with dignity. So i thank you terry. Its a very welcome and welcome to a lecture in new Zealand Politics and Public Policy at the university of auckland, my Teaching Research on marty in new zealand, politics topics and issues. Im marty, deceive myself, and am i also in the associate director of the Public Policy institute . So youre really happy to be here today and came to get into the shoot. Great to have you guess one of the reasons why were doing this show is that we looked at this unicef report back to him in that top job poverty in perspective and overview of Child Wellbeing in rich countries. New zealand was one of the rich countries was, which wasnt doing well as far as Child Poverty is concerned. Not only can you explain what happens in new zealand is so will cease doing so well in so many areas. But 40 behind us from concerned, i guess weve had a long history of inequality leading back to the founding document of one of the founding documents, the treaty of white tongue in 140. And since then, weve just never head True Partnership and equality between indigenous lardy and paki, which is what we refer to as the new Zealand Europe in the same population. And adding to that, over the years, weve had a lot of our sort of like pacific migrate to new zealand. And that they also had faced a lot of challenges coming up up against institutional racism, structural inequality. We had a period in the 1980 s. Of just like a huge amount of near liberalism, that kind of eroded our welfare state, which was quite world leading back. So the 1900 and then we had cats to benefit levels sort of in the 1990 s. And since then theyve, but they didnt have been sufficient, and thats where were sitting, that were sitting in a place where weve had growing inequality since the 1980 s. 1990 s. And its not getting better. And of course, as youve outlined, we now have the challenges of covered, and thats just kind of the Current Situation in new zealand is this growing inequality and this holiday for a lot of, especially minority and pacific people who work i can see not in as low as talking in articulate im just not in an agreement as i mentioned before, where we work with people on the ground on the front line who are experiencing poverty. So we also advocate for people within our system to ensure that they receive the full support from a ministry of social development family, people and every day struggling to live day to day. Unless country yeah, i was just nodding to total core support. What laura is saying, can you, can you give us an example of you dont need to mention family names eccentric, but we have to be added to believe it from the 20 percent or the 10 percent of kids are impacted in these middle temps and the families impacted in this way. What does that mean in reality . Tell us a story that helps us understand. You know, so we get solo parents coming in all the time. You know, after all of their goals have been paid, their dollar got 60. 00 for the week. We had a solo, mum come in with 4 children the other day who was in that position. Weve had solo dates, come in, a solo dead came on with children needing to find more permanent accommodation hose and hes an Emergency Shelter at the moment because his children are and they need, you know, a bigger house. So more secure housing to live in. This is very normal for us here on the ground. And yet its devastating. And we shouldnt in a country like new zealand, we shouldnt have. Yes, the material our people shouldnt be living in such hard circumstances that they are a real struggle. So we couldnt contact the ministry for children in new zealand, and this is what davis sinkers is a very long statement, but 1st of all the were very keen to point out that oh that 80000. 00 children happy, nifty out of poverty. And this is in the 3 holes of this particular coalition, government being aimed power poorest cities be something to be celebrated or is it still so much further to go that, that dont seem to advance our declaration. I want to eradicate Child Poverty. Was that just too ambitious . Well, 1st off, you know, when it comes to statistics, im a great believer and you know, lies damn lies and statistics. And, you know, are either side, which is dont confuse me with the facts. My minds made up. You know that the numbers may say one thing, but in terms of the reality, the reality, one person and one government isnt going to be able to affect the positive attitude and societal change. We want in a short period of time. So odd and really feel that that means a great deal of being. Last week i was talking to a tall young lady who was grew up, grew up and in poverty him mother used to make a pusher supermarket trolley around the supermarket, filling it with, with food in the walk out of the supermarket without paying for it. Now she didnt want to do that, but if she didnt, a mother would give her a basing, you know, so you know, these things are, these things are happening and these things are real. But i do think that its ted and fear to criticize the the governments and the Prime Minister for not making change fast enough. Its really something the bureaucrats have to have to do. And the bureaucrats are often faceless. So you dont see who they are. The politicians are just the people that you identify very easily. So there is, it is like hot shots that i think, i think also over government have a responsibility to ensure their people dont. I mean, theyre the ones that make the laws just send their adenoma labor government have already payment and power for one term. And shes saying that even the next time shes not looking at less staying current benefit level. So livable never was. So i think it is important that we remain critical of the government to ensure that people on the ground are seeing to that our children assented and decisions. Theyre actually impact on affects them. These laws that politicians are making the decisions of about poverty and altidore affects them these decisions darn mpeg to them. And so yeah, its your go ahead. She was a concern for us because right now weve got a very popular Prime Minister elect, one of the most popular of all time, one the fugitive already, which we would not expect under, in, in pay, under our mix, near a proportional electoral system. So basically at the moment, just under other and labor have like a huge mandate to make transformational policy change. And so for a lot of us and out of our, were watching them and were going and you going to try to be a centrist government and hold on to power for as long as possible by sitting in the middle and trying to appeal to middle new zealand who my own home, who might be sort of middle class, or you going to try to do something thats transformational and shift the paradigm and isnt just tempering around the edges that actually tries to create some kind of structural change. Structural change from adi start to change for these children start to change in terms of inequality. And i think for a lot of us now were watching to see which direction they go in. And thats kind of quite important for again, as to be that sort of to go, hey, what are you guys going to do . Now . Let me add another issue to the, to the challenges you already have in new zealand. Or though you seem to be far ahead than the rest of world, as far as managing the credit pandemic. This is katherine in confidence to teacher, and she talks about what true that is done to the existing poverty in new zealand. Please have a listen. Well, young People Living on or below the poverty line, as she said, diffidently gotten considerably worse since 1000 new zealand. Young people have become really big contributors to household or soul bread winners as a result of supporting families where they have been redundancies or job losses or people with compromised health who were unable to work during the whist periods. And all of the has kind of compiled and made things a lot worse for young people and they have a lot more on their shoulders and have as a result, had to grab a little bit faster in this time. So the priorities of the and in government just as theyve been reelected to restoring business in the economy after coding it. And also just managing covert Child Poverty. Poverty was not out there in the least despite people reminding that was one of the key missions, tourists pick up off the back of that. The dish will impact of code that havent seen. Well, you know, the, the other Business Owner and im involved in several civil different sectors, right. Im also involved in social causes cited to see life and by the top in the bottoming ins of town. The 1st thing id say, lets be clear if the government hadnt provided a white subsidy to employers consider considerably more people at the bottom end of town would have become unemployed a lot quicker. And the most significant number of those people would have been from working class backgrounds. Now you know that the number one way that its affecting curtis and when i say that, you know, i say if you, if is, is a fact that they dont have a political voice. No one listens to them because their voice carries no political white. So thats why you threw in the People Like Us to advocate on their behalf. You know, is it making sense too . It does make sense is something that i was talking to my team about earlier on today. And this was, it was, it was a big deal because we were talking about poverty, new zealand, children being left behind and then high suicide numbers. That new zealand actually has, and this is something that data thats been picked up by unicef, who is looking to see who is in the rich countries who are doing better as far as Child Poverty is concerned in china being as well. So i want to bring in this this point from a University Student who talks about the resources that are available or not available for young people who may decide or be very much on the edge. Regarding is it worth living as homeless and i have lost friends to suicide. And the 1st question that comes to mind is what imus. And suddenly the word suicide becomes a part of my vocabulary. Some people feel they cannot approach Mental Health services for lack of genuine concern or a stigma. Is my opinion that there is no consistency with how we approach this challenge or if its really deal with it. We must review prevention initiatives and how can we become the gatekeeper instead of ambulance at the bottom of the cliff is essential that we Start Holding the Service Providers accountable. Considering museum reported 654. 00 suicides in 2019, and currently has one of the highest suicide rates in the air. Was he so poor is this is this is problematic. Poor. Im ahead. No also mentions to here on you tube. Why discrimination is rife in new zealand attorneys in denial of the critical problems facing youth suicide. And well being, you know, very a lot about this, this whole area, this whole issue of young people and you suicide. What would you say back to paul . Here whos just saying the government isnt paying enough attention . Well, i think the it is this some considerable amount of, of truth to what is i mean, we work in that field. I said to people, what would you, what would you prefer to talk about the key to life, which is hope or Suicide Prevention . You know, one of those is hopeful and the other one is fearful. So, you know, its why weve named terrible trust the key to life. We found it that young young, young people, particularly in schools and not as afraid as our generation has to talk openly about how theyve, how theyre feeling. And one of the greatest skills you can give. Give a kid is a vocabulary, especially a young young boy to express how theyre feeling inside, you know, for many people in new zealand markings, the fish that they did the same talk openly about his, his many flaws. And so, and so we is, as adults have the courage to, to speak to our kids and to each other about the fact that our lives arent perfect and that all of us have been surely going to go through life stuff. Things wont change, you know, they will just be tempering around the, around the edges. And those people in positions of power need to actually start listening to the people in the communities in the wrist, the control of responsibility back to the community. Thats my deep right. I want to go back to evan davis, who you remember as the minister for children, because ill give you one second. Let me come back in. Yes. And he talks about real change. That there was a lot more work to do. He references thing unicef recommendations about what you need to do with young people to make sure that they have a healthy, safe future. And were going to bring in a letter that you wrote to to see just burn in her government. Just after they had that landslide win. Im going to share the letter here. I want to briefly tell us, what did you write, not just simply a number of organizations all got together and you had a message to the government. What was a . Yes. So this was an open letter that was signed by 70 plus organizations that are on the ground. Calling for the government to left current benefit levels, which support that people receive here in new zealand. Low income levels to livable levels before christmas. Because we know what the situation like is on the ground for people and families and children. And we so we put that out there, 71st organizations that have supported the open letter and just send there. Theyre not likely to look at lifting levels. Let me just let me just, im just taking a little bit, theres a appeared on t. V. New zealand and she hadnt even read the letter yet. But what happened in this little clip was you can hear the number of issues she still has to contend with. And she would still seem to be on a high of her general election when lets go to langley and have this have a look your clear goals also as a governmental of children out of poverty is 4th of you going as i have been developing, leave it to you this way, if you see that you see that i dont have a lot at the staff thought i just actually was over the weekend thinking of the organizations i need to sit down with again now that we have the freshmen, im sure theyll be among small can see the mission, but not as Child Poverty action money. Cecilia National Council woman see to use ovation. Army save the children. Im sure youll be wanting to talk to them. Theyre asking you to do in war and specifically rise benefits and join. Im asking us to constantly do more as well. In fact, my missa job in the League Mission was look huge. Progress has been right. We asked to launch strike without targets around Child Poverty. You know, we lifted a number out and we know the changes. We might still having in a fix these how we watch these tweaks around the margins are shown and additional 100. 00 a week on average. A sole parent looking after the family is not a tweak or around the age. It is some of the most abstained of changes weve seen to benefits in decades. And now we have all these people saying slow enough. I will fix that Advisory Groups. It is not, i dont know, ive had this conversation before. Now you have 50 organisations running. You dont want to buy into every time. Its not enough for me. We were never going to fix everything in 3 years. My intention is to keep going and i will theory piri happily continue to work with each of those organizations as i have in the last to know, well, theres such a big to do list, you suggest the government does, for if theres a level of frustration there and i know that she, obviously i do will have a bit of frustration here as well. So i do in government generally hadnt been quite, and this is where shes going to sort of the Good International response in terms of her covert response, right . Has been really fairly to my credit, listening to experts, happy to bring together working groups and expert advice that i had this week, both wealthy expect Advisory Group report 47 recommendations, and ive only adopted a few of them so far. Now in the last government, the 2017 to 2020, i could say, oh, well, were in coalition with new zealand 1st, we cant do this, we cant do that. You know, they made that excuse a lot of times. So its now this term where they have sort of free, right . Obviously theyve got to balance the budget to a certain extent and i got closer going on as well. But they kind of had to need to sit down and figure out where these priorities are. Because its like to have an actual, well be bigfoot Advisory Group that youve put together. And peter only adopt a few of those recommendations that fairly damning over all this news. Sure, sheets of the design and guidance that the government now that they have a now im slight general election when a lot of people saying this is what we can do is one instance what i would like to see just and to do, and this is what im lobbying for at the moment. I will respond to our assumptions, help mr minutes about people not honest, not to share. And i want to talk to the parliament. Thats all of these possible chinese, like restaurant brands, mcdonalds, all these places that are exporting my millions out of the monster part of the areas i need to just like pokies and liquor than me to not, not like some of the parts that we have to pipe because of the problem with that is it will be higher. I mean, the families miss out on who could be going to miss out on School Boards uniform because were going to party that this is the gist of issue. What needs to happen is the need to put in, reinvest into the communities a portion of the profits into the Community Groups that are already being would be to come back r. B. C. Darbys depression and everything else. The sunshade with the so many People Living to help the government do better by people who are impoverished in new zealand. Brooke, youre one of them, youre right out, that the action against poverty, im just looking at you on instagram. Youve invited the Prime Minister to come see, you know, what has he taken you up on the invitation . No, she hasnt. Weve also had a response from a formal response from the open letter that we have payment outlining, you know, as she said, as you say shes, she uses her signature kind of smiling and she seems really delivering messages that are actually really heartbreaking. Yeah, i just she needs to do a bit of a candor more. They have the mandate, theyve got the power and so i mean the communities that we serve on the ground, they just, they dont have the luxury of time to kind of sit around and wait for politicians to get to get it sorted, to figure out, actually what were calling for is a change in our system and entertains in the values that we prioritize. What informs our Public Policy and our laws where asking year the government to see everybody. Everybody that exists here has the right to exist and should have enough to meet their essential human needs. Housing as a human right. And having enough money to thrive in this country is a human, right . And so the government has the power to do that. And so, you know, were going to keep pushing for and we will see the actual transformational change that we made for our babies and our future. So yes, thank you. Femi. Thank you, brooke. Thank you. Thank you. 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