Child poverty advocates don't want promises, they want solutions.

The latest child poverty figures, covering the year to last June, remain unchanged on the year before.

It still shows one in 10 children are living in material hardship and for tamariki Māori, it's one in five.

Save the Children advocacy director Jacqui Southey hopes children aren't being used as an election point scorer.

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Child poverty advocates don't want promises, they want solutions.
The latest child poverty figures, covering the year to last June, remain unchanged on the year before.
It still shows one in 10 children are living in material hardship and for tamariki Māori, it's one in five.
Save the Children advocacy director Jacqui Southey hopes children aren't being used as an election point scorer.
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