13 May 2021

Child Poverty Action responds to new reports

From Midday Report, 12:14 pm on 13 May 2021

The Child Poverty Action Group says the latest data on child poverty makes grim reading. Two new reports on child poverty and wellbeing show one in five children are living in households where food runs out sometimes or often, while one in three are living in unaffordable housing. Max Towle speaks to spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group, emeritus professor at Auckland University and paediatrician, Innes Asher.