Latest child poverty statistics show little change

From Afternoons, 1:17 pm on 23 February 2021

The latest numbers on child poverty in Aotearoa show there's been little change.

The only bright spot in the figures released this morning is a drop in the number of whanau living in what is called material hardship.

Otago University Associate Professor Emily Keddell talks to Jesse about what the numbers mean.

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