65% of NZ schools say poverty is getting worse - KidsCan survey | TVNZ Breakfast

Demand for KidsCan support is at a six-year high as the cost-of-living bites hard into households.
A KidsCan survey released this morning has revealed 65% of schools say poverty is worsening in their communities, with 47 schools reporting students who had taken on part-time jobs or left school altogether to work.
Breakfast spoke with Porirua College’s deputy principal John Topp, said some of his students turn up to school without uniforms, lunch, or devices.

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