Stats from the Childrens commissioner say in the year 2006/2007 there were still 230,000 or 22% of NZ children living in poverty. Poverty rates are unevenly distributed across society. Children living in solo parent homes, the poverty rate is 5 times as high as that for children living with both parents & poverty rates are signifactly higher in Maori or pacifica children than pakeha children.
In the 2002 national nutrition survey about 1/5 of households said "they could sometimes eat properly"
Poverty also creates a higher risk for abuse & neglect
just some possibly useful info for those finding it tough on one income , when I was a single mum on the DPB, food parcels from my local church were a God send (haha, excuse the pun) a couple of times, and as far as I know, anyone can get them
I hope that didnt come across as condescending....it was meant to be a genuine helpful piece of advice
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