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Enhancing Food Security and Physical Activity for Māori, Pacific and Low-income Peoples8.2.2 Food SecurityMoney available in householdsPotential uses of economic instrumentsInterventions Actors Timeframe*The concept of a Smart Card for subsidising food costs and thereby Ministry of SocialImmediatereducing food insecurity has attractive features and should therefore Developmentreceive further detailed investigation. Particular issues to be resolved include:rate of subsidy; choice of foodstuffs subsidised; and eligibility.Increasing the statutory minimum wage rateInterventions Actors Timeframe*Further work be undertaken to obtain better information on the work status, Statistics NZ, Ministry of Mediumincome levels, and benefit eligibility of food insecure households, and also on the Health, & Ministry of Socialethnic composition and other characteristics of such households, to assist in Developmentidentifying the most effective remedial interventions. Potential sources of suchinformation include Statistics New Zealand surveys such as the HouseholdEconomic Survey and the Household Labour Force Survey, and past and currentnational health and nutrition surveys, and longitudinal income studies such asSoFIE.Full and correct benefit entitlementsInterventions Actors TimeframeThat MSD strengthens its policy of ensuring full and correct benefit entitlementsfor all beneficiariesMinistry of SocialDevelopmentImmediate,continuingThat MSD enhances case management to ensure the policy is fully and fairly Ministry of SocialImmediateimplementedDevelopmentThat MSD and other agencies undertake further research to find effective ways to Ministry of SocialMediumensure the policy is fully and fairly implementedDevelopmentThat there is on-going monitoring by MSD and other agencies of the effectivenessof this policyMinistry of SocialDevelopmentImmediate,continuing213
Enhancing Food Security and Physical Activity for Māori, Pacific and Low-income PeoplesThat MSD and other agencies support local and community initiatives to educatecommunities about benefit entitlementMinistry of SocialDevelopmentMediumFringe lender responsibilityInterventions Actors TimeframeIntroduce regulation of fringe lendersMinistry for Consumer MediumAffairsImprove access to affordable credit for low-income householdsNZ Budgeting Services, ImmediateMinistry of Pacific IslandAffairs,Pacific community leadersIncrease financial literacy for users of the fringe lending market.NZ Budgeting Services,Ministry of Pacific IslandAffairs,Pacific community leadersImmediateProvision of free or subsidised food in schoolsInterventions Actors TimeframeMaintain existing Fruit in Schools scheme, with an option to increase coveragebased on evaluation findings.Ministry of Health, Ministryof EducationImmediate toMediumMaintain watching brief on evidence for impact of school food programmes on Ministry of Health, Ministry Mediumstudent health, education and food security outcomes.of EducationImplement a comprehensive pilot programme of school breakfast provision to testimpacts on student health, education and food security outcomes.Ministry of Health, Ministryof Education, researchfunding bodiesMedium to Long214
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