About this episode

Jack Tame discusses the cost of child poverty in New Zealand with Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad.

In Budget 2026, Treasury published New Zealand's latest child poverty statistics. It's a grim picture, and one that isn't improving much: the number of households in material hardship is estimated to be 14 percent, with a 2028 target of six percent. Children's Commissioner Claire Achmad joins Jack Tame to lay out the cost of persistent child poverty and discusses the workability of a forthcoming ban of social media for under-16s. Join Jack Tame and the Q+A team and find the answers to the questions that matter. Made with the support of NZ on Air.

People in this episode

Host: Jack Tame

Guest: Claire Achmad

Topics covered

• child poverty
• New Zealand statistics
• social media ban
• material hardship
• children's welfare

Keywords

• child poverty
• New Zealand
• material hardship
• social media ban
• children's commissioner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Treasury

Places: New Zealand

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