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Lorraine Taylor has been CEO of Variety – The Children’s Charity since 2005. She leads a team of 12 and is responsible for delivering on Variety’s mission to give disadvantaged Kiwi kids the childhood they deserve.

A quarter of a million NZ kids are living in poverty, and it comes as no suprise

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Newly released child poverty statistics show that 254,000 Kiwi kids are living in poverty. For the young people affected, it’s much more than just a number, writes Lorraine Taylor of Variety. Every day, applications that cross my desk speak to the challenges our families, and our tamariki, face. Some of our most vulnerable children are … Read more

The CEO of Variety calls for New Zealanders to back the Child Poverty Reduction Bill

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Lorraine Taylor, CEO of Variety – the Children’s Charity, believes the Child Poverty Reduction Bill is an important tool to addressing New Zealand’s child poverty situation. She is imploring Kiwis to get behind the Bill by signing their name to an open letter to MPs before April 4. 1984 – a year forever etched in … Read more

How you can bring joy to a child living in poverty this Christmas

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What is the value of a Kiwi childhood? This Christmas, Lorraine Taylor, CEO of Variety – The Children’s Charity, asks New Zealanders who have enough to consider helping those families who don’t.  Children and young people make up nearly 25 percent of New Zealand’s population – that’s 1.12 million Kiwis under the age of 18. … Read more