Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Deputy Prime Minister) on behalf of the Prime Minister: Under this Government, all nine poverty measures have gone down since the 2017-18 data. This is the baseline year as defined under the Child Poverty Reduction Act. We have lifted 22,400 children out of material hardship. Using the after - housing costs, fixed-line primary measure, we have lifted 45,400 children out of poverty, already exceeding our three-year target for this measure a year ahead of schedule. Overall, the data released on Tuesday shows one of the largest policy-driven falls in child poverty. This is because of measures such as our Families Package, which increased incomes for hundreds of thousands of families with children. Over 100,000 babies' parents received an extra $60 per week through our Best Start payment, and over a million New Zealanders have extra income every winter thanks to the winter energy payment. 