Quality, Inclusive Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand: Under-Funded and Neglected

Quality inclusive early childhood care and education (ECCE) benefits everybody immediately and into the long term. Low quality ECCE has a negative ...
Bernadette Macartney
Guest Blog, Education

Child Poverty - A Medical Student’s Perspective

Even if as a doctor you are doing your best while the boy is in hospital, the improvement you can make is limited by the home environment.
Frances Oliver
Guest Blog, Health, Housing

Can You Pick Which One of These Young People Might Be Homeless?

April 15th is Youth Homelessness Matters Day, and Lifewise and Youthline are joining forces to raise awareness about youth homelessness in New ...
Rebekah Sherriff
Housing, Guest Blog

I Grew up Hungry: Why I Give to Child Poverty Charities

My three sisters and I never had breakfast, and packed lunches were something mythical. They were something that other kids got out of their ...
Rebekah Sherriff
Guest Blog

We Must Get On the Same Page About Child Poverty Numbers

Through no fault of their own thousands of children live in households with incomes that scarcely cover the basics, least of all luxuries such as a ...
Donna Wynd
Child Poverty, Guest Blog