The child has the right to be protected from work that threatens his or her health, education or development. The State shall set minimum ages for employment and shall regulate working conditions.
Poverty continues to unfairly constrain the lives of too many tamariki and their whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand. COVID-19 has highlighted existing inequalities in Aotearoa
New Zealand, sometimes making them worse.
Poverty limits opportunities and choices and creates toxic stress that can make daily life unbearable. It fractures relationships, undermines health and education, and can make it almost impossible to get out of survival mode.
We can choose to solve poverty and set a better course for the future of all tamariki.