30 Apr 2020

Govt warned of huge rise in poverty following Covid-19

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 30 April 2020

New Zealand should brace itself for a new wave of immense poverty and mental distress as it grapples with the fallout from Covid-19.

That was the warning to MPs on the Epidemic Response Committee today from social workers and a top science advisor Sir Peter Gluckman.

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.