Contents Working households in poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand 2 Background 2 What is in-work poverty? 3 The problem of poverty in working households in Aotearoa New Zealand 3 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty in working households in Aotearoa New Zealand 6 The human rights impacts of poverty in working households 8 Analysing the human rights affected 9 The right to decent work 9 Freedom from discrimination 12 Interconnected socio-economic rights 13 The right to social security 13 The right to adequate housing 13 The right to health 14 The right to education 15 The right to food 15 Impact on civil and political rights 16 A human rights approach to alleviating poverty in working households 17 Responses and recommendations for a human rights-based approach to poverty in working households in Aotearoa New Zealand amid the COVID-19 pandemic 19 Respect rights by removing obstacles 20 Protect rights by taking measures 20 Fulfill rights through targeted responses 20 Eliminate discrimination 21 Enable participation 21 Ensure access to justice 21 Incorporate multidimensionality into the rights response 21 Collaborate to realise rights 22 Centre Te Tiriti in a human rights-based approach 22 Appendix Key facts and figures 23 23 He Urupare Tika Tangata mō te Pōharatanga ō ngā Whānau Whaimahi 1