More than an inflation adjusted catch-up to Working for Families needed to shift dial...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
01 April 2022
The Working for Families package is an important source of income for the support of children in...
NZ lagging behind in support for disabled children
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
01 October 2020
Children with disability are more likely than other children to live in poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand...
2020 Election Policy Scorecard
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
06 October 2020
To inform voters about which policies most effectively reduce child poverty, CPAG’s election scorecard shows our assessment...
A delta health crisis thrives when it meets a crisis in housing and poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
Ashley Bloomfield confirmed this week that many people affected by the current outbreak are living in transitional and emergency...
Child Poverty Monitor 2021 highlights persistent inequities in rates of child poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
06 December 2021
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the release of the Child Poverty Monitor today, which shows that...
Oxfam G7 Verdict: Big Issues, Little Commitments
Source: Oxfam New Zealand
Oxfam held a climate change protest on the eve of the G7 summit in Biarritz, as world leaders put pressure on...
Anti-poverty groups to Labour: Election results mean no more excuses
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
20 October 2020
Child Poverty Action Group, ActionStation and Auckland Action Against Poverty are calling on the new government to...
All of Northern peninsula (land and sea) protected from GE/GMOs
Source: GE Free New Zealand – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: All of Northern peninsula (land and sea) protected from GE/GMOs
GE-Free Northland
11 August 2020 Media release
All of...
No plan, no budget: Two years on from WEAG, Government continues to drag its...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
30 April 2021
Two years since government-appointed experts recommended a complete overhaul of our welfare system, children, families, those with...
The Government’s response to lockdown hardship has piecemeal and inadequate compared to 2020. Why?
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
Since August, the Government’s response to lockdown hardship has been more piecemeal and inadequate than it was last year....
Government must pause new children’s Bill to allow for proper consultation, says children’s organisation
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
27 January 2022
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is calling on the Government to pause progress on the Oversight of...
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...
