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Press Release – New Zealand Government The Government has released the second set of official three-year child poverty targets, as required by the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018. The new targets announced today cover the 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24 financial years and are set at rates …
The Government has released the second set of official three-year child poverty targets, as required by the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018.
The new targets announced today cover the 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24 financial years and are set at rates required to keep New Zealand on track to meet its longer-term 10 year targets.
“Reducing child poverty was a priority for us in the last term, and remains a key priority in this term,” said Prime Minister and Minister for Child Poverty Reduction Jacinda Ardern.
Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
The Government has released the second set of official three-year child poverty targets, as required by the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018.
The new targets announced today cover the 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24 financial years and are set at rates required to keep New Zealand on track to meet its longer-term 10 year targets.
“Reducing child poverty was a priority for us in the last term, and remains a key priority in this term,” said Prime Minister and Minister for Child Poverty Reduction Jacinda Ardern.
“We have made progress, but there is more to do to achieve our bold plan of more than halving child poverty within 10 years. The targets being released today keep us moving towards that goal.”
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Rates of child poverty are expected to rise as the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic hits the jobs and incomes of New Zealand’s lowest-paid households, according to a Government briefing to Prime Minister and Minister for Child Poverty Reduction Jacinda Ardern. In its “Briefing to the Incoming Minister for Child Poverty Reduction” the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet warns, as a result of Covid-19, rates of children in material hardship should be expected to rise strongly.