The Prime Minister wants New Zealand to be the best place in the world to grow up - but UNICEF's latest child wellbeing rankings have the country among the worst performing in the developed world.
Jacinda Ardern insists progress is being made and she points out that some of the data used in the damning UNICEF report is out of date.
But organisations on the front line say progress has been slow and in some cases, things are actually getting worse.
Here's RNZ social issues reporter, Sarah Robson.
