Experts: Restart universal child payment

   The panel said a food in schools programme was a good interim measure. 

                               Photo / Richard Robinson

An expert group appointed by the Children's Commissioner has released its findings on the best way to reduce child poverty in New Zealand.

The expert panel recommends raising the family tax credit, restarting the universal child payment, a warrant of fitness test for all rental housing in New Zealand and a food in schools programme.

Children's Commissioner Dr Russell Wills released the paper on solutions to child poverty today in Wellington, with an expert panel led by Dr Tracey McIntosh of the University of Auckland and University of Victoria School of Government professor Jonathan Boston.

Dr Wills said it is unacceptable that 270,000 children are living in poverty in New Zealand.

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