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Child poverty

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Child poverty

The cartoon on the cover of a report from the Child Poverty Action Group shows two government workers approaching a rural shack. Poverty is often hardest on children, and Māori children are statistically more likely to be in poor families.

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Cindy Kiro, Ngā mātua – Māori parenting – Influences on parenting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/29235/child-poverty (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Cindy Kiro, published 10 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.