NZ’s rising climate emissions and Jacinda Ardern’s big chance to cut them
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
When it signed onto the Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand pledged to increase its net greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by...
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...
The purpose and principles of the social security act: Getting it right
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
It helps when you are going somewhere to know where you are going and why. Hence it is important...
Since August, the Government’s response to lockdown hardship has been more piecemeal and inadequate...
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....
CPAG and AAAP Call for Extension of Covid Support for NZ’s Most Financially Vulnerable
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
02 September 2020
Incomes are scheduled to be cut by up to $63 a week for many of New Zealand’s...
covid interviews
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
20 April 2021
Below is a small selection of insights from people receiving benefits in the new report: Income Support in the wake...
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...
Government housing package “ignores elephant in the room”
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
25 March 2021
The Government’s housing package announced this week doesn’t do enough for families in grave housing stress, nor...
Sixty percent of NZers think the govt should go further with benefit increases –...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
01 July 2021
A poll released today shows 60% of people in New Zealand think the Government should increase income...
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...
Bold policy changes needed urgently to shift stagnant child poverty rates
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
24 February 2022
New statistics out today show very limited progress towards lifting children out of poverty, three years on...
International women’s day? How are the worst off mothers and their kids doing?
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
So today is International womens day. Before we celebrate, spare a thought for the mothers stuck under the lowest...
