Programmes and Projects: New Zealand provides a comprehensive set of targeted income support programmes
with many supplementary programmes to meet individual and family needs. The government has recently
announced a package of tax reductions and family assistance measures which will increase the net income of all
low income families with dependent children. This set of policies and strategies is geared to reduce economic
hardship for individuals and families in a sustainable way within the context of an overall growth strategy for New
Zealand. Given the substantial amount of policy work already implemented, and the new programme initiatives
which are underway, the government has decided that no specific initiatives or other policy measures are necessary.
Status: New Zealand is fortunate that absolute poverty, as defined in the Programme of Action of the Copenhagen
World Summit for Social Development, 1995 is not part of its economic and social environment. Consequently, the
Government has stated that there has been no need to develop a plan and a target date for the eradication of absolute
poverty. The Government believes that sustained and sustainable economic growth and development is the best
way to address poverty in general, stressing the importance of productive employment in developing a dynamic
approach to individual and family income, and the efficiency of the "safety net" provided by income support
systems. The economic reforms of the past decade have provided a sound framework for economic growth and
development. During the past two years a Task Force has recommended, and the government has adopted, policies
to improve employment outcomes for New Zealanders, in particular for the young unemployed and for the longterm
unemployed.
with many supplementary programmes to meet individual and family needs. The government has recently
announced a package of tax reductions and family assistance measures which will increase the net income of all
low income families with dependent children. This set of policies and strategies is geared to reduce economic
hardship for individuals and families in a sustainable way within the context of an overall growth strategy for New
Zealand. Given the substantial amount of policy work already implemented, and the new programme initiatives
which are underway, the government has decided that no specific initiatives or other policy measures are necessary.
Status: New Zealand is fortunate that absolute poverty, as defined in the Programme of Action of the Copenhagen
World Summit for Social Development, 1995 is not part of its economic and social environment. Consequently, the
Government has stated that there has been no need to develop a plan and a target date for the eradication of absolute
poverty. The Government believes that sustained and sustainable economic growth and development is the best
way to address poverty in general, stressing the importance of productive employment in developing a dynamic
approach to individual and family income, and the efficiency of the "safety net" provided by income support
systems. The economic reforms of the past decade have provided a sound framework for economic growth and
development. During the past two years a Task Force has recommended, and the government has adopted, policies
to improve employment outcomes for New Zealanders, in particular for the young unemployed and for the longterm
unemployed.
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