Salvation Army report: New Zealand faces severe cost-of-living crisis, with rising food insecurity and child poverty.

The Salvation Army's State of the Nation report reveals a worsening cost-of-living crisis in New Zealand, with food and housing becoming increasingly unaffordable. It highlights a rise in food insecurity, affecting one in four households, and a surge in child poverty and violence, with child hospitalizations from abuse at their highest since 2014. The report calls for the government to prioritize addressing these issues.

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