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# Govt Not Improving Children’s Lives
- URL: https://goodoil.news/govt-not-improving-childrens-lives/
- Published: 2022-08-29T19:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-29T04:50:03.000Z
- Author: Reproduced with permission
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

**Lindsay Mitchell**  
[lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com](https://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com/2022/08/more-children-unsafe-under-arderns-watch.html?ref=goodoil.news)

*Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001\. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.*

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[Jacinda Ardern](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/25/jacinda-ardern-takes-child-poverty-role-in-new-zealand-ministry?ref=goodoil.news) in 2017:

> “…we are small enough that we can absolutely introduce child wellbeing policies so that New Zealand is once again a great place to bring up children and be a child.”

Since then, [more children](https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/About-us/Research/Latest-research/Prevalence-of-Harm-to-Children-and-Protective-Factors/Prevalence-of-Harm-to-Children-and-Protective-Factors-.pdf?ref=goodoil.news) are being investigated for family harm incidents:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/family-harm-investigations-2015-to-2021.png)

Image Credit: [lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com](https://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com/2022/08/more-children-unsafe-under-arderns-watch.html?ref=goodoil.news)

More children are victims of intentional injury and sexual assault:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/victims-reported-to-police-aged-0-to-19-2015-to-2021.png)

Image Credit: [lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com](https://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com/2022/08/more-children-unsafe-under-arderns-watch.html?ref=goodoil.news)

Yes, I am being selective but [so is](https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-delivering-improvements-children%E2%80%99s-lives?ref=goodoil.news) the Prime Minister when she announces:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/jacinda-pr-april-2022.png)

Image Credit: [lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com](https://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com/2022/08/more-children-unsafe-under-arderns-watch.html?ref=goodoil.news)

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