The government's being urged to set targets to eradicate child poverty following New Zealand's poor ranking in a new Unicef report. The report, Measuring Child Poverty, ranks New Zealand 20th out of 35 OECD countries based on the percentage of children living in relative poverty. That means children living in a household where disposable income is less than 50 per cent of the national median income.
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