Wage increases outpace income support for children
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
05 May 2021
Families in low-paid work with three children would have received up to $1900 more over the last...
NZ Government acts as advocate for fishing industry at international meeting
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
As a result of the New Zealand government’s lobbying efforts on behalf of the fishing industry, a regional fisheries meeting this...
Social Insurance proposal would likely bake-in existing inequities and drive inequality, says anti-poverty organisation
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
02 February 2022
A social unemployment insurance (SUI) scheme is likely to be regressive and would bake-in existing inequities in...
Labour’s welfare policies welcome but silence on children disappointing
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
12 September 2020
The Child Poverty Action Group today warmly welcomed the Labour Party’s policies to reinstate the Training Incentive...
Poverty burden for children increased due to Government neglect – new report
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
26 July 2021
Poverty, inequity, homelessness and food insecurity are among the burdens which increased for tamariki Māori and other...
Government leaves disadvantaged children to face “most severe” COVID-19 effects
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
15 December 2020
Children and their families are likely to face “significant and wide-ranging” negative effects from COVID-19, according to...
Outgoing Children’s Commissioner says we must do more
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
28 October 2021
Child Poverty Action Group welcomes Judge Andrew Becroft’s impassioned speech yesterday in which he calls for a...
Period poverty leads to rangatahi missing school
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
20 February 2020
Child Poverty Action Group welcomes Youth19 survey research results, and says the Government needs to do more...
Government report shows children made to suffer unnecessarily
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
13 May 2021
Grim reading: that’s the Child Poverty Action Group’s assessment of the Child Poverty Related Indicators Report released...
Families need immediate cash boost to prepare for Omicron surge, not food banks, poverty...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
21 February 2022
The Government must take immediate steps to help families prepare for the surge in Omicron infections by...
CPAG releases kōrero with matua Fred Andrews on kaupapa for welfare reform
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
14 September 2020
For te wiki o te reo Māori 2020, Child Poverty Action Group is excited to be releasing...
Our poorest families need protection now – welfare advocates
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
24 August 2021
Advocates and researchers warn the effects of this lockdown could be worse than the first for many...