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...
Preventing Covid-19 health inequities: An urgent duty of care to children in poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
29 October 2021
by Prof Innes Asher, Dr Jin Russell, Prof Nikki Turner & Janet McAllister
“We owe a duty of...
ActionStation & CPAG: Poverty set to worsen as COVID support ends tomorrow
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
Activists and researchers are warning toxic stress, food insecurity and isolation are set to rise for many families in...
The Government’s response to lockdown hardship has been piecemeal and inadequate. 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....
Child Poverty Monitor 2020 shows ‘bold action’ required to turn tide on child poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
02 December 2020
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the 2020 Child Poverty Monitor report and agrees with the finding that ‘bold...
What the annual child poverty stats tell us
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
Covid-19 is no excuse for government failure to care for our kids
A deep dive into the latest child poverty...
Government must do more to address housing-related poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
18 February 2020
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) argues the Government’s rhetoric around the relief of housing-related poverty is not being...
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...
Dozens of NGOs urge Jacinda Ardern: Raise welfare by Christmas
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
09 November 2020
Over 50 prominent organisations have joined together to urge the government to raise income support by Christmas,...
CPAG disappointed with Government’s continued refusal to extend crisis support
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
04 September 2020
Subtitle: New Zealand needs radical transformation to raise children’s wellbeing
4 September 2020 Immediate Release
Child Poverty Action Group
A...
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...
Child Poverty Action Group welcomes moves to cover birth injuries under ACC
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
28 September 2021
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the announcement by ACC Minister Carmel Sepuloni that some birth...