PremiumOpinionOpinion byNZ Herald27 Aug, 2026 12:23 AM6 mins to readHonorary Associate Professor Susan St John QSO CNZM is an economist at the University of Auckland Business School. She was a co-founder of CPAG in 1994, and is its long-standing economics spokesperson.Work is clearly not “the way out of poverty” for any of those already in poverty on benefits or in low-paid work.
Dr Claire Achmad, the highly esteemed outgoing Children’s Commissioner, has left the nation in no doubt as to the enormity of social damage arising from the neglect of children in our poorest families. Many others have noted that 2028 Child Poverty reduction targets will be widely missed as official measures
