Notification of Setting of Targets Under the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018
In accordance with section 23 of the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018, the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction hereby gives notice of the targets for reducing child poverty:
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Primary measures (excluding persistent poverty)* |
Intermediate (3-year) target rates |
Long-term (10-year) target rates |
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Low-income: less than 50% of median equivalised DHI (without deducting housing costs) for financial year [BHC 50% moving line] |
10.5% of children in the 2020/21 financial year |
5% of children in the 2027/28 financial year |
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Low-income: less than 50% of median equivalised DHI (after deducting housing costs) for base financial year [AHC 50% fixed line] |
18.8% of children in the 2020/21 financial year |
10% of children in the 2027/28 financial year |
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Material hardship |
10.3% of children in the 2020/21 financial year |
6% of children in the 2027/28 financial year |
* Targets for persistent poverty are required only for and after the financial year commencing on 1 July 2025 (Schedule 1, clause 4).
“Target rate” refers to the percentage of children living in households that are deemed to be in poverty on that measure, in the final financial year of the relevant target period.
The target rates should be understood in light of the sampling errors that apply to child poverty estimates as set out in Statistics New Zealand’s report for the relevant financial year under section 30 of the Act.
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May 2019.
Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN, Minister for Child Poverty Reduction.
Note: The targets for reducing child poverty are available on the DPMC website (www.dpmc.govt.nz).