Progress on welfare reform “unjustifiably slow”
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
30 November 2020
Child advocates are dismayed by the lack of progress in welfare reform since government-appointed experts recommended a...
IRAQ: Children forced to live among corpses, unexploded bombs and rubble after camp closures...
Source: Save The Children
Children’s safety is at risk without adequate accommodation, Save the Children warns; parents say they have come back to destruction and...
More than 125 children killed or injured amid frequent violence in North West Syria
Source: Save The Children
October registers the highest casualty toll as children die in recent escalation
At least 43 children have been killed and another 84...
Thailand: Joint statement on pro-democracy protests on 17 and 25 November 2020
Source: Amnesty International NZ
We, the undersigned organizations, condemn the Thai police’s unnecessary and excessive use of force against peaceful protesters marching to the national...
Building the workforce pipeline, stopping the drain
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: Building the workforce pipeline, stopping the drain
A report out today from the Association of Salaried...
Cyclone Gati: 32,000 children and their families flee impact of Somalia’s strongest storm on...
Source: Save The Children
Save the Children is deeply concerned about the impact on children and their families of Cyclone Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone...
Dehumanising practices at Auckland women’s prison constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Warning: This release contains discussions of distressing mental health experiences.
Amnesty International says the reported experiences of several women at Auckland Region Women’s Correctional Facility (ARWCF) at a hearing this...
Creative NZ fights COVID-19 with poems attacking National, ACT
Source: Taxpayers Union
25 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEIn the lead up to the 2020 general election, Newsroom was awarded $21,150 “towards commissioning weekly NZ book reviews, short...
Iran: Imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali must be halted
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to news that Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish specialist in emergency medicine, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Evin prison...
Heads should roll over IRD’s undermining of Kiwisaver
Source: Taxpayers Union
25 NOVEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is calling for the sacking of Inland Revenue bosses responsible for costly delays in transferring Kiwisaver contributions...
Afghan children left out in the cold by rich countries, says Save the Children
Source: Save The Children
International donors to Afghanistan have made disappointing funding pledges to a country where nearly 40 per cent of the population, 14...
COVID-19: Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine a boost for global access, but huge inequality remains
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Responding to news that the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca has shown 70% effectiveness in clinical trials, potentially...
