Government report shows children made to suffer unnecessarily
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
13 May 2021
Grim reading: that’s the Child Poverty Action Group’s assessment of the Child Poverty Related Indicators Report released...
Wage increases outpace income support for children
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
05 May 2021
Families in low-paid work with three children would have received up to $1900 more over the last...
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...
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...
“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...
covid interviews
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...
GWRC tax screw-up should result in a sacking
Source: Taxpayers Union
29 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESomeone at Greater Wellington Regional Council needs to lose their job over a nine-year failure to pay the correct amount...
Taxpayers’ Union to Timaru Mayor: put your shirt back on
Source: Taxpayers Union
29 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is slamming Timaru Mayor Nigel Bowen’s topless photoshoot in today’s Timaru Herald as ratepayer-funded political advertising.Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says,...
Taxpayer Talk: Climate Change Commission head Dr Rod Curr, with NZ Initiative’s Matt Burgess
Source: Taxpayers Union
Jordan Williams gets 30 minutes with the Climate Change Commission’s Chair, Dr Roderick Carr at their offices. He is joined by Matt Burguss, the...
What taxes will the Government cut to offset its new revenue?
Source: Taxpayers Union
26 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to cut taxes to offset new revenue from its changes...
Investigation: Is it possible to commute from Hamilton to Auckland on the new train...
Source: Taxpayers Union
Is it possible to commute from Hamilton to Auckland using the new Te Huia train service?24 MARCH 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Te Huia train service...
Government housing package “ignores elephant in the room”
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
25 March 2021
The Government’s housing package announced this week doesn’t do enough for families in grave housing stress, nor...
