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KidsCan Data Shows Rise In Food Demand As The Number Of Children Living In Hardship Increases
Thursday, 26 February 2026, 3:03 pm | KidsCan
KidsCan delivered 148.7 tonnes of food to partner schools in Term 1 2026 – an 11 percent increase on the same period last year – showing that schools already in the programme are needing more support than ever before. More >>
Back To School, But Not Ready To Learn: 58 Schools Urgently Seeking Food Support For Hungry Kids
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 10:50 am | KidsCan
A recent survey of 58 schools currently waiting for support from KidsCan found that every responding school is seeing children arrive without enough food to get through the day. More >>
KidsCan Launches 24-hour Handball Challenge For Kiwi Kids In Need
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 2:23 pm | KidsCan
KidsCan ambassador Jordan Watson (How to DAD) and Jono, Ben and Megan from The Hits are leading the charge, with a non-stop 24-hour handball-a-thon at Eden Park on 30–31 October. More >>
50 Minis Travel The Length Of NZ In Epic Adventure To Help Children In Poverty
Monday, 31 March 2025, 11:41 am | KidsCan
The run, which will be the ninth, sets off from Paihia on April 4 and travels through Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Kaikōura, Hokitika, Cromwell and Dunedin to the finish line at Invercargill on April 9. More >>
Sharing Uniforms, No Food - KidsCan Survey Reveals Why Children Will Miss The Start Of The School Year
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 7:43 pm | KidsCan
Feedback from more than 200 schools paints a bleak picture of families grappling with the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Some children arrive wearing ill-fitting or incorrect uniforms, while others share a uniform and shoes with siblings, meaning ... More >>
‘Now I Can Buy My Children A Christmas Gift’ - More Than 6,000 Families Get Surprise Holiday Food Delivery
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 9:36 am | KidsCan
It is the first time KidsCan has had the funding to provide food support to families during the holidays. The charity, which has been feeding school children since 2005, and preschoolers since 2019, typically provides support during the school term. More >>
KidsCan Thrilled To Receive Funding To Feed Up To 10,000 More Preschoolers In Hardship
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 8:37 pm | KidsCan
Research shows the preschool years are a crucial period of brain development that set a child up for life. The right food plays a big part, and we’re happy that this funding will mean more children in poverty get the nutrition they desperately ... More >>
Record Number Of Schools And ECE Centres Call For KidsCan Help As Poverty Line Shifts
Monday, 5 August 2024, 8:34 am | KidsCan
“The poverty line is shifting. It’s heartbreaking to see children who didn’t need help before now arriving at school lacking the very basics, and we are unable to get food & clothing because we don’t have enough funding. That’s why we’re ... More >>
KidsCan Welcomes New Food Programme For Under Fives Amidst Ka Ora, Ka Ako Changes
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 11:55 am | KidsCan
KidsCan is welcoming the government’s announcement of a new early childhood food programme to support 10,000 preschoolers living in poverty. More >>
‘Deeply Concerned’ – KidsCan Says Worsening Child Poverty Shows Urgent Government Action Needed
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 11:43 am | KidsCan
The latest child poverty statistics – showing 36,000 more children living below the poverty line – are hugely concerning, but not surprising, KidsCan says. The figures mirror the demand the charity is facing, with more than 200 schools and early ... More >>
‘A Quarter Of A Sandwich For Tea’ - Teachers Share Harrowing Stories As Children Return To School Hungry
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 9:07 am | KidsCan
Teachers say an increasing number of children will return to school without the very basics this year, with the cost-of-living crisis deepening poverty in many communities. KidsCan surveyed its partner schools, with hundreds sharing heart-wrenching stories: ... More >>
KidsCan Appoints The Monkeys Aotearoa As Agency Of Record
Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 11:01 am | KidsCan
KidsCan has appointed The Monkeys Aotearoa, part of Accenture Song, as its creative and strategic agency of record. KidsCan and The Monkeys have launched back-to-back campaigns to begin 2023. KidsCan’s annual Back to School appeal was set against ... More >>
KidsCan’s Urgent Appeal To Help Children In Cyclone-hit Regions
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 2:26 pm | KidsCan
Thousands of children whose lives have been upended by Cyclone Gabrielle are in desperate need of help. KidsCan is today launching an urgent appeal to help get clothing and food supplies to kids and their families via the schools and early childhood ... More >>
The Monkeys Aotearoa And KidsCan Take On The Cost Of Learning Crisis With New Campaign
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 2:19 pm | KidsCan
The soaring cost of living is fuelling an education crisis for New Zealand children living in poverty. To coincide with the start of the new school year, KidsCan is launching its 2023 Back to School campaign with the aim to bring on board 450 new ... More >>
Teachers Warn Of A ‘Cost Of Learning’ Crisis As Students Return To School
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 7:23 am | KidsCan
The soaring cost of living is fuelling an education crisis for children in poverty, schools are warning. Teachers fear an increasing number of students will turn up too hungry to learn as schools return for the year, with others missing altogether ... More >>
Charity Feeding 10,000 More Children A Day As Soaring Living Costs Have ‘immense’ Impact
Monday, 17 October 2022, 8:33 am | KidsCan
Students are suffering as their families’ food budgets shrink, with an increasing number arriving at school ‘hungry, cold, and miserable,’ teachers say. As schools return for term four, the focus for many won’t be teaching – but feeding children ... More >>
Families “At Breaking Point” - KidsCan Launches Urgent Appeal As Record Number Of Children Need Support
Monday, 20 June 2022, 6:20 am | KidsCan
Vulnerable children are bearing the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis, with teachers in schools and early childhood centres supported by KidsCan reporting increasing concerns for their wellbeing. The charity has seen a spike in applications for help, ... More >>
'The Toughest Start’ – Families Struggle With Back-to-school Costs As Schools Brace For Another Tumultuous Year
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 6:56 am | KidsCan
Low decile schools are preparing for a tumultuous start to the school year, warning children in poverty will be missing from classrooms as families struggle with both back-to-school costs, and the impact of Omicron. Staff in nearly two hundred schools ... More >>
'Critical Support Is Needed' - Teachers Call For Help To Feed Children In Hardship
Monday, 30 August 2021, 5:59 am | KidsCan
Families in hardship are in urgent need of food as they struggle in the ‘hardest lockdown yet’, teachers say. KidsCan contacted schools and early childhood centres in areas hit by positive Covid-19 cases, with heartbreaking responses. “I was lying ... More >>
More Than 4,000 Children Wait For Help As Temperatures Plunge
Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 6:51 am | KidsCan
Children living in hardship are facing a miserable winter without enough food or adequate clothing, as schools prepare for a drop in attendance. More than 4,000 children in 13 schools and 127 early childhood centres are waiting for KidsCan’s help, as ... More >>
