In February The Treasury released a report entitled, Characteristics of Children at Greater Risk of Poor Outcomes as Adults. By applying four indicators of
Last Thursday the Ministry of Social Development released its annual report on household incomes. This report is important as it is often the key source
Earlier this year the Children’s Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills, established an advisory group to assist him to consider matters relating to child poverty. (The Commissioner
On Thursday the Ministry of Social Development released its annual research report on standards of living in New Zealand. This is entitled Household incomes in
This week the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Ministerial Committee on Poverty, (Bill English and Tariana Turia respectively), released a joint press statement on
This week the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services released its quarterly report on vulnerable families. The fifteen page report compiles official statistics relating
As we have previously advised, the Māori Affairs Select Committee is holding an inquiry into the determinants of wellbeing for Māori Children. The inquiry has
Yesterday the Families Commission released a research report on financial hardship entitled, One Step at a Time; Supporting Families and Whānau in Financial Hardship. The
Mana Party – Māori focused matters Despite its relative newness, the Mana Party has developed twelve broad policy platforms, all of which take into account
This briefing paper provides a summary of key Māori-focused social, economic and treaty policy developments for the quarter 1 July 2011 to 30 September 2011.
