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...
An opportunity to support a strong solar and wind electricity generation strategy for New...
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
We’re in a climate emergency. During a time when our friends and family members in Australia have lost their lives, homes,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 welcomes HRC’s housing inquiry report: Calls on Govt to move beyond accountability to...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
15 December 2021
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes today’s housing inquiry report by the Human Rights Commission but says...
Does the tail wag the dog?
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
The long overdue review of Working for Families has been signalled as part of the Government welfare overhaul work programme.
The...
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...
