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Between 1982 and 2011, New Zealand's <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a> grew by 35%.<sup id="cite_ref-NZ_income_gap_at_crisis_level_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZ_income_gap_at_crisis_level-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Almost half of that increase went to a small group who were already the richest in the country. During this period, the average income of the top 10% of earners in New Zealand (those earning more than $72,000)<sup id="cite_ref-NZ_income_gap_at_crisis_level_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZ_income_gap_at_crisis_level-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> almost doubled going from $56,300 to $100,200. The average income of the poorest tenth increased by only 13% from $9,700 to $11,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Paradise_for_a_few_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paradise_for_a_few-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Figures from 2016 show that about 15% of the population lives in poverty, compared to 9% in the 1980s, and 22% in 2004.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Growing inequality is confirmed by <a href="/wiki/Statistics_New_Zealand" title="Statistics New Zealand">Statistics New Zealand</a> which keeps track of income disparity using the P80/20 ratio. This ratio shows the difference between high household incomes (those in the 80th percentile) and low household incomes (those in the 20th percentile). The inequality ratio increased between 1988 and 2004, and decreased until the onset of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, increasing again to 2011 and then declining again from then. By 2013, the disposable income of high-income households was more than two-and-a-half times larger than that of low-income households.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Highlighting the disparity, the top 1% of the population now owns 16% of the country's wealth – the richest 5% owns 38%<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – while half the population, including State beneficiaries and pensioners, receive less than $24,000.<sup id="cite_ref-NZ_income_gap_at_crisis_level_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZ_income_gap_at_crisis_level-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Poverty">Poverty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poverty_in_New_Zealand&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Poverty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 21st century concern has been growing that an increasing number of New Zealanders, especially children, have been pushed into poverty where poverty is defined in income terms as households living at below 60% of the national median income.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, an international report found that <a href="/wiki/Child_poverty_in_New_Zealand" title="Child poverty in New Zealand">one in six children in New Zealand were being raised in poverty</a> – making New Zealand children 23rd poorest out of 26 rich nations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009 according to NCCSS, over half a million New Zealanders, including 163,000 children were living in poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Expert Advisory Group established by the Children's Commissioner found that the number of children falling below the threshold has continued to grow. In 2013, around 265,000 children, a quarter of all children in New Zealand, were now "mired in poverty".<sup id="cite_ref-stuff.co.nz_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuff.co.nz-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Statistics New Zealand also publishes a range of data on the economic well-being of New Zealanders and, in 2012, released a discussion paper highlighting the need for government agreement on the development of more useful criteria and statistics related to poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently the information that is collected is 'static data' – it shows the percentage of citizens below a certain level of income. But New Zealand is unique among western OECD countries in that it does not collect 'dynamic' data which captures the extent to which people move in and out of poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013 over a dozen different reports were released which focused on the issue and the need to develop agreed ways of describing and measuring poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-maxim_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maxim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the National Government resisted these attempts maintaining that "endless arguments about definition and measurement are a waste of time".<sup id="cite_ref-maxim_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maxim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the Government's reluctance to define and measure the problem, in 2012 Children's Commissioner Dr Russell Wills, established an expert advisory group which produced a comprehensive report, called <i>Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand: Evidence for Action</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which contains 78 recommendations to combat poverty. Dr Wills also set up the <i>Child Poverty Monitor</i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to highlight the living conditions of children in New Zealand on an ongoing basis.<sup id="cite_ref-stuff.co.nz_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuff.co.nz-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Growth_in_numbers_on_welfare">Growth in numbers on welfare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poverty_in_New_Zealand&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Growth in numbers on welfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Factors contributing to the growth in inequality include substantial cuts in the top income tax rate in 1986-88 combined with a surge in unemployment caused by <a href="/wiki/Rogernomics" title="Rogernomics">Rogernomics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Stock_market_crash_of_1987" class="mw-redirect" title="Stock market crash of 1987">stock market crash of 1987</a> which pushed more people onto welfare.<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_Zealand_Herald_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_Zealand_Herald-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then in 1991, benefits were also cut back substantially as part of the reforms and those on welfare have been struggling ever since. </p><p>Professor <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Boston" title="Jonathan Boston">Jonathan Boston</a> of Victoria University says nearly 20% of poorer households in New Zealand now depend on welfare benefits. He says the growing gap between rich and poor enables the rich to "exercise disproportionate political influence", and that "if disadvantaged citizens are not to be excluded from political life, they must have access to education, healthcare and social assistance".<sup id="cite_ref-Paradise_for_a_few_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paradise_for_a_few-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> British epidemiologists, Richard Pickett and Kate Wilkinson, argue that inequality is damaging for everyone in society, not just the poor.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They say that when the gap between the top and the bottom levels of society becomes too wide, this erodes trust and empathy between citizens leading to alienation and social fragmentation. This exacerbates a multitude of health and social problems such as high infant mortality, obesity, teenage pregnancy, crime and imprisonment.<sup id="cite_ref-The_New_Zealand_Herald_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_Zealand_Herald-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact_on_social_indicators">Impact on social indicators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poverty_in_New_Zealand&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Impact on social indicators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, Pickett and Wilkinson were invited to <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a> to discuss the relevance of their research to New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They argued that as inequality in New Zealand has grown, there has been a dramatic increase in the youth <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicides</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although in contrast, recent Department of Health data shows that the age-standardised suicide rate decreased by 19.5% from the peak rate of 15.1 deaths per 100,000 population in 1998 to 12.2 deaths per 100,000 population in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proliferation of food banks increased dramatically;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the number of families and children living in poverty has increased. However serious crimes causing injury and death decreased by 20% between 2012 and 2014, whilst assaults decreased by 3% over the same period.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, health care spending has increased. In 2011 Health spending accounted for 10% of GDP, higher than the OECD average of 9.3%. As in many OECD countries, health spending in New Zealand slowed post-GFC but still reached 3% in real terms in 2010 and 2011 – higher than the OECD average.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2012 New Zealand has 2.7 doctors per 1,000 population, and increase from 2.2 in the year 2000. </p><p>Wealth inequality in New Zealand, measured by the <a href="/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini coefficient</a>, stands at 0.34 as of June 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, life expectancy at birth in New Zealand stood at 81.5 years, more than one year higher than the OECD average of 80.2 years.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact_on_growth">Impact on growth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poverty_in_New_Zealand&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Impact on growth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2014, the OECD released the Global Income Inequality Report which said "[r]ising inequality is estimated to have knocked more than 10 percentage points off growth in ...New Zealand" between 1990 and 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-oecd_inequality_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oecd_inequality-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper found no evidence that redistributive policies, such as taxes and social benefits, harm economic growth, provided these policies are well designed, targeted and implemented.<sup id="cite_ref-26" 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