Images from world-first project show ‘shameful’ differences between conditions faced by children in most- and least-advantaged households
Body cameras attached to more than 150 children have captured the “shameful” extent of child poverty inNew Zealand Medical Journal
“[The children] are wearing them all the time, so they just got on with their lives,” said Louise Signal, a senior author of the study and professor in public health. “They played ball, you could see what they’re eating, where they are going.”The photos also captured the state of the child’s housing, what was in their fridge and cupboards, how likely they were to have private space and whether they were exposed to harms such as gambling, drinking or mouldy rooms.
Researchers compared images captured by children living in the lowest to highest levels of deprivation. The measures of child poverty are beginning to trend downwards, according to Stats NZ, but roughly 150,400 children live in severe income poverty, while another nearly 600,000 are either living in after-housing costs poverty or income poverty. Stark disparities for Māori and Pasifika children remain – one in five Māori children live in material hardship and one in four Pasifika.
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