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...
Upcoming financial support needs to be nationwide, ongoing and backdated to start of lockdown
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
12 October 2021
New financial support for low-income families could enhance public health success, slow down inequality and offer relief...
Govt yet to fully implement a single key WEAG recommendation three years on: new...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
08 December 2021
None of the 42 key recommendations of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) have been fully implemented...
Press Release: NGOs and campaign groups say ‘people are hurting’ after govt inaction on...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
03 May 2021
A member of the Government’s own advisory group on welfare, an anti-poverty campaigner, and a disability advocate...
“I don’t use my oven” – Life without a liveable income
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...
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...
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...
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 Action Group welcomes moves to protect children through folic acid fortification
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
09 July 2021
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the announcement by Food Safety Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall, that...
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...
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...
A response to The Great Divide
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
This Winter, North & South published “The Great Divide“, by Rebecca Macfie, looking at the causes and effects of...
