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New Poll Shows More Than 8 Out Of 10 People Support Bringing Dental Into Public Healthcare System
Monday, 30 March 2026, 9:26 am | ActionStation
Dental for All will shortly release, later in April 2026, a costed plan for an integrated oral health service for children and adults. More >>
Communities Across Aotearoa Join The National Day Of Action To Move On The Move-On Orders
Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 10:00 am | ActionStation
In Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, people will meet at Aotea Square at 5pm, followed by a hīkoi to Ellen Melville to meet with homeless whānau and activate the space until midnight. More >>
Auckland Says NO To Homeless Ban, Calls For Stable Housing And Support Instead
Monday, 24 November 2025, 8:57 am | ActionStation
Alexandra Bonham, chair of the Waitematā Local Board, says “Moving on orders, begs the question, where to? We need proper solutions for people doing it hard – not wack-a-mole.” More >>
Housing Advocates Condemn NZInitiative Report Calling For Asset Sales And Landlord Subsidies
Friday, 17 October 2025, 11:25 am | ActionStation
A strong public housing system is essential if we are going to end homelessness in Aotearoa. At a moment where homelessness is escalating across the country this is not the time to further undermine and tear apart this system. More >>
Dental Roadshow Finds "Neglected" Under-18s Service, "Nationwide Crisis" In Oral Health
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 12:05 pm | ActionStation
The roadshow has visited 18 towns or centres as part of a journey that has gone so far from the Far North to the East Coast, and from Wellington to Rotorua. More >>
Locals Prepare To Hīkoi Ki Te Pōti This Week
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 4:35 pm | ActionStation
The national day of action has been called by Toitū Te Tiriti and ActionStation, and led by local community groups and leaders. More >>
Māori Advocates Condemn Missing Voter Information
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 5:27 pm | ActionStation
Election company, Electionz has since taken responsibility for the Whanganui District Council booklets, claiming “an error occurred in the proofing and printing process.” More >>
Māori Advocates Condemn Missing Voter Information
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 5:26 pm | ActionStation
Election company, Electionz has since taken responsibility for the Whanganui District Council booklets, claiming “an error occurred in the proofing and printing process.” More >>
Dental Advocacy Group Calls For Action On Dental Costs To Deal With Cost Of Living Pain
Thursday, 14 August 2025, 11:06 am | ActionStation
New 2025 research published by University of Otago academics shows that between 1978 and 2023, fees for five core dental treatments increased by 75%-236% while earnings went up by 46%. More >>
Dental Advocacy Group Launches Nationwide Roadshow To Overhaul How We Treat Teeth
Monday, 11 August 2025, 6:58 am | ActionStation
Dental for All - backed by a coalition of dentists and oral health workers, trade unions, and poverty action groups - is pressing for free, universal dental care, delivered consistently with Te Tiriti o Waitangi. More >>
Progressive Campaigning Organisation Calls Governments Latest Budget ‘A Budget For Billionaires’
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 3:06 pm | ActionStation
The Government has made a decision to bring in more means testing to access income support for those already struggling, and at the same time giving tax breaks to multinational corporations through allowing them to deduct 20% of the cost of new assets or used ... More >>
Economists, Campaign Groups Hit Out At PPP’s Labelling Them ‘Ideological, Reckless’
Friday, 14 March 2025, 3:25 pm | ActionStation
“There is no financial case for PPP’s in New Zealand where the Crown can borrow more cheaply”, said CTU Economist Craig Renney. More >>
Together for Te Tiriti creators submit on Treaty Principles Bill today
Monday, 17 February 2025, 11:04 am | ActionStation
ActionStation Director, Kassie Hartendorp says that the Treaty Principles Bill has galvanised the biggest movement in support of Te Tiriti in modern history. More >>
Together For Te Tiriti Campaign Launched In Response To Treaty Principles Bill
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:06 am | ActionStation
Together for Te Tiriti is a campaign that welcomes people of all backgrounds who believe that our country is better off when we honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the shared aspirations of our ancestors for peace and mutual benefit. More >>
Anti-poverty And Housing Groups Protest Punitive Govt Approach To Welfare And Housing
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 6:13 pm | ActionStation
A range of community anti-poverty and housing advocacy groups are gathering to express opposition to new rules that they say impose significant barriers on the lives of low-income people. More >>
Over 150 Organisations Unite Against Treaty Principles Bill
Monday, 29 July 2024, 4:39 pm | ActionStation
The open letter calls on Luxon to choose integrity and honour over distortion, disrespect and division. It asks that he stop the Bill before it reaches the select committee process and that he stands true to his words at Waitangi where he stated that Te ... More >>
Māori Wards: Govt Putting Racism Before Rational Decisions - ActionStation
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 11:14 am | ActionStation
Advocates from ActionStation say the Coalition Government is putting their political agenda of racism ahead of rational decisions when it comes to Māori wards and local decision making. More >>
Thousands March Against Austerity In Wellington
Saturday, 8 June 2024, 3:40 pm | ActionStation
Thousands rallied in Wellington today, furious at the coalition Government’s cuts to public services, and what is being called a ‘mass transfer of wealth’ from the public sector to private interests. More >>
Progressive Campaigning Organisation Slams Budget 2024 - A ‘Backwards Budget Of A Thousand Cuts’
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 3:37 pm | ActionStation
ActionStation Aotearoa says the Coalition Government’s first Budget was built on the foundations of a thousand cuts, drags Aotearoa backwards, and saddles those struggling the most in our society with the harshest consequences of austerity. More >>
New Report From Anti-Poverty Coalition Slams Government Of "A Thousand Cuts"
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 10:16 am | ActionStation
A report published today by anti-poverty coalition Fairer Future has showcased the human cost of a series of recent Government decisions ahead of this week's Budget. A Thousand Cuts , written by the coalition with support from the Disabled ... More >>
