Winter, Mark 1958- :"Some report says that a quarter of us Kiwi kids are poor." ... 13 September 2011

The title reads 'Child's pay.' The cartoon shows three children talking together. The first, a boy, says 'Some report says that a quarter of us Kiwi kids are poor.' The second, a girl, says 'And they're gonna get a Minister for Kids to sort it out.' The third child, another girl, says 'That's cool... better ask mum and dad for more pocket money, or else they're in for it!' Context: The cartoon suggests the possibility of any extra money given to parents not being spent on the child. 'The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has followed up its 2008 report after what it calls a substantial lack of progress on the issues facing children over the last three years. The new report, "Left Further Behind", has been launched in Wellington and Auckland this evening. On the OECD measure, New Zealand ranked just 21st of the 30 countries included and data showed at least one in five children (200,000) lived in severe or significant hardship, while at least one in four children lived below the semi-official poverty line.' (Stuff 12 September 2011)

Alternate version of DCDL-0018800

Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).