It’s time to take food security in New Zealand seriously
Food insecurity is rising sharply in New Zealand, with foodbank demand surging despite the country producing enough to feed 40 million people.
child poverty
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I’m Proud To Be A Shoplifter – Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association
Calling principals “shoplifters” for feeding kids? Te Tai Tokerau educators fire back at David Seymour’s latest remarks.
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Now Seymour is threatening schools who share lunch with the poor?
Comparing feeding hungry kids to shoplifting? David Seymour’s comments spark outrage as debate over school lunches explodes.
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Child poverty, social determinants of health, and the limits of balance sheet thinking
Child poverty in New Zealand is not inevitable — but it is driving rising health system demand and exposing the limits of balance sheet-driven policy.
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Government policies are increasing child poverty – NZCTU
New data from Stats NZ shows child poverty in New Zealand is worsening, with unions warning that Government policies are…
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I’m glad Seymour removed the Māori name of school lunches
David Seymour removes the Māori name from Ka Ora, Ka Ako as reports show school lunches fail nutrition standards.
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Luxon’s vision for our children
Waitangi Day speeches are meant to outline not just who we are, but who we are becoming. When the Prime…
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While the Left fiddles, the Right beats their war-drum
While the Left has been fiddling about with much gnashing of teeth and tears of concern over the right of two Canadian neo-fascists to speak at an Auckland City council venue – National’s focus has been laser-like at regaining power in 2020.
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Children’s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft calls for a fairer, egalitarian New Zealand
This weekend (26/27 May), two disparate voices called for a more egalitarian society in our country. The voices of Children’s Commissioner, Judge Andrew Becroft, and Chief Executive of the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern), Kim Campbell, both made statements on TV3’s The Nation and TVNZ’s Q+A (respectively), that only a few years ago would have been heresy to neo-liberal orthodoxy.
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Handouts to the Racing Industry? So no more homeless then?!
Deputy PM, Racing Minister, and de facto godfather, Winston Peters announced on Sunday (28 January) that the New Zealand racing industry was due for tax-cuts for horse breeders and a taxpayer-funded all-weather horse racing track;
