General Election Candidates Forum on Child Poverty was held at Knox Church Community Hall, Dunedin, on the 23rd August 2017. The forum was organised by Connect South in partnership with Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, Public Health Association of New Zealand and the Child Poverty Action Group. Candidates to address the forum were: Metiria Turei MP (Green), Clare Curran (Labour), Paul Foster-Bell (National),
Warren Voight (NZ First) and Lindsay Smith (The Opportunities Party). Election Coverage 2017 from Otago Access Radio (OAR).