Notes

Introduction: Setting the scene --
Part one: Why child poverty matters --
1. What is child poverty? --
2. Why child poverty should be addressed --
3. Myths, misconceptions and misunderstandings --
Part two: How best to reduce child poverty --
4. Finding solutions: the big issues --
5. Incentivising action on child poverty --
6. Reform of the tax and benefit system --
7. The active employment system --
8. Reforming child support --
Part three: Mitigating the effects of child poverty --
9. Housing and child poverty --
10. Education and child poverty --
11. Helping poor families function better --
Conclusion --
12. Investing for the future.
Summary: Between 130,000 and 285,000 New Zealand children live in poverty, depending on the measure used. These ... figures are widely discussed, yet often poorly understood. If New Zealand does not have 'third world poverty', what are these children actually experiencing? Is the real problem not poverty but simply poor parenting? What are the consequences of this poverty for children, their families and society? Can we afford to reduce child poverty and, if we can, how? (Back cover)