Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Children in poverty
According to reporting from Simon Collins:22 per cent of all children live in poverty
One in six European children
One in four Maori children
One in three Pacific children
What percentage live with both parents who are married to each other?
What percentage of those who live in poverty have also been abused by their caregivers - and of these children, what proportion are living with both their mother and their father under the same roof?
Will the Maori Affairs Select Committee, who is to conduct an inquiry into the wellbeing of Maori and Pacific children, even bother to ask these questions?
