Progress on welfare reform “unjustifiably slow” – Child Poverty Action Group
Child advocates are dismayed by the lack of progress in welfare reform since government-appointed experts recommended a complete overhaul nearly…
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More Groups Join Growing Call To Govt To Replace Entrenched Poverty With Liveable Incomes – CPAG
Social workers and foodbank organisers are among the latest of now 60+ groups signing an open letter to the government…
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ActionStation & CPAG: Poverty Set To Worsen As COVID Support Ends Tomorrow
Activists and researchers are warning toxic stress, food insecurity and isolation are set to rise for many families in poverty…
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CPAG disappointed with Government’s continued refusal to extend crisis support
A slew of new reports show successive governments have failed children and young people for decades, just as the current…
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CPAG and AAAP Call for Extension of Covid Support for NZ’s Most Financially Vulnerable
Incomes are scheduled to be cut by up to $63 a week for many of New Zealand’s lowest-income households in…
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Poll shows NZers want people to access income support regardless of romantic status – CPAG
Polling released today shows that 47% of people support individuals accessing income support payments whether they are in relationships or…
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CPAG calls for political parties to take child poverty seriously this election
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic recession means this will be one of our country’s most important elections, as…
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CPAG Calls For Nationalisation Of ECE Sector
Child Poverty Action Group is calling on the Government to nationalise early childhood education provision in response to the challenges…
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NZ is being shown up by Australia’s family tax credit system, says CPAG
CPAG’s latest background paper, Family tax credits: Do children get the support in New Zealand that they would get in…
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Child Poverty Action Group: Greens’ proposals would lift families out of poverty
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Greens’ Poverty Action Plan released yesterday, as the type of step-change New…