New research: Australia supports children in families on benefits better than New Zealand
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
18 November 2021
When it comes to child tax credits, Australia does much better than New Zealand for the poorest...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
