So who reduced child poverty the most?

Stats NZ has just released the 2022 child poverty data, and the measure for material hardship (which measures actual hardship, not merely relative income). I have charted them below.

As you can see the evil Key/English Government over four years (data series starts in 2013) reduced child poverty by 56,200 children. Under the king Ardern Government which pledged it was their number one priority, the reduction over five years has been merely a further 20,700.

And sadly that will probably end up being reversed with the cost of living crisis when the next update is done.

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