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· February 20, 2025
Source: New Zealand Labour Party The latest child poverty statistics show child poverty reduction must remain a priority for the Government. “Children should not be living in poverty, and the...
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· February 20, 2025
Source: Green Party This morning’s Stats NZ child poverty statistics should act as a wake-up call for the government: with no movement in child poverty rates since June 2023, it’s...
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· February 20, 2025
Source: Share My Super Reducing child poverty substantially needs only half the current public spend on roads, says philanthropist Liz Greive, as new StatsNZ data shows the burden of poverty on...
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· February 20, 2025
Source: Child Poverty Action Group The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is urging the government to put child poverty back on the agenda after official data showed an increase of children...
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· February 20, 2025
Source: Save the Children Save the Children is calling on the Government to commit to investing in policies to lift more children and whānau out of poverty following the release of...
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· February 20, 2025
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU Data released today by Statistics New Zealand showed the urgent problem facing Aotearoa New Zealand in tackling child poverty, said NZCTU Te Kauae...
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· February 20, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government No significant change to child poverty rates under successive governments reinforces that lifting children out of material hardship will be an ongoing challenge, Child Poverty Reduction...
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· February 20, 2025
Source: Statistics New Zealand No movement in child poverty rates for year ended June 2024 – 20 February 2025 – None of the nine measures of child poverty showed a...
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· February 12, 2025
Source: Green Party The Salvation Army’s State of the Nation report is a bleak indictment on the failure of Government to take steps to end poverty, with those on benefits,...
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· February 11, 2025
Source: Save the Children Save the Children is searching for passionate young changemakers to join Generation Hope New Zealand, an inspiring youth leadership programme that empowers rangatahi aged 14 – 18...
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· February 7, 2025
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Commissioner Richard Chambers, the Minister of Police, Hon Mark Mitchell, Associate Minister of Police Casey Costello and Wing Patron, Glenn Dunbier ONZM congratulated the...
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· February 5, 2025
Source: Green Party The latest labour market figures confirm unemployment has risen to levels not seen since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. “This Government lacks a plan for creating...
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· February 5, 2025
Source: New Zealand Labour Party The latest unemployment figures reveal that job losses are hitting Māori and Pacific people especially hard, with Māori unemployment reaching a staggering 9.7% for the...
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· February 5, 2025
Source: ProCare Foundation Six Auckland organisations tackling health inequity and poverty have received a major boost, with the ProCare Charitable Foundation announcing $210,000 in grants to support initiatives that promote...
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· February 4, 2025
Source: Green Party The Green Party says the Government is giving up on growing the country’s public housing stock, despite overwhelming evidence that we need more affordable houses to solve...
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· January 31, 2025
Source: Save the Children Save the Children has today launched a new campaign calling on New Zealanders to oppose a new Government bill looking to introduce the use of physical force...
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· January 30, 2025
Source: New Zealand Labour Party It is the first week of David Seymour’s school lunch programme and already social media reports are circulating of revolting meals, late deliveries, and mislabelled...
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· January 29, 2025
Source: IHC IHC is urging policymakers, educators and the community to come together to address the root causes of poverty and ensure that no child is left behind, including children...
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· January 28, 2025
Source: ChildFund New Zealand President Trump has issued an immediate stop-work order for all USA funded aid projects to align aid budgets with his foreign policy agenda. This will cause chaos...
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· January 28, 2025
Source: ACT Party The Haps Public hearings for the Treaty Principles Bill have begun. David Seymour kicked off proceedings, throwing down the gauntlet on equal rights and fielding questions from...
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· January 24, 2025
Source: ACT Party Delivered by ACT Leader David Seymour the Akarana Event Centre, Ōrākei. Introduction Thank you, Brooke, for your kind introduction. I’m biased, but I think you’re the Government’s most quietly...
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· January 23, 2025
Source: Green Party The Government’s newly released data paints a damning picture: the sanctions regime targeting beneficiaries is an abject failure. “Benefit sanctions deprive people of the means to survive...
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· January 22, 2025
Source: Green Party The latest Consumer Price Index figures show rents rising almost twice as fast as general inflation. “Christopher Luxon tells New Zealanders one thing while doing another,” says...
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· January 17, 2025
Source: Save the Children PORT VILA, 17 JANUARY 2025: At least 12,500 children in Vanuatu may be forced to start the new school year in temporary learning centres following last month’s...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: Child Poverty Action Group Anti-poverty groups say amendments to Social Security Act will remove job seekers’ human rights. 9 January 2025 – Anti-poverty groups say that changes proposed in the Social...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: Green Party The Green Party welcomes the extension of the deadline for Treaty Principles Bill submissions but continues to call on the Government to abandon the Bill. “We welcome...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: Etu Union E tū is appalled with the Government’s decision to increase the minimum wage by less than inflation for a second year in a row. Minister of Workplace...