pn611. Suffer the Children: a critique of government's plans to reduce child poverty

By Carl Bloch (1834-90)

(It being Sunday I've taken the liberty to copy Bloch's painting, trusting the painter, the author and the devotely religious won't mind. Note also that the emphases in the article are mine, not the author's-- ACW) 

By Brian Easton* in Pundit. 

Are we reducing child poverty by as much as is needed to reach the targets set by the government under the Child Poverty Reduction Act? 

The current indicators about the level of poverty are not very promising, but on average they really only

Has Child Poverty Really Increased Under Labour? The Latest Stats

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Two persuasively right wing bloggers, SB in WhaleOil and David Farrar in Kiwiblog have been rubbing their hands in glee: child poverty has got worse under Labour and nine tables in StatsNZ's recently released Poverty Report are there to back up their claim. Or are they?