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The Labour Government Gaslights People In Poverty
Monday, 23 November 2020, 12:29 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The government issued a response letter to the open letter which now has support from 70 organisations in New Zealand, calling them to lift benefits and low incomes to liveable levels before Christmas. In their response they outline what they’ve ... More >>
Prime Minister Choosing To Keep Beneficiaries In Poverty
Tuesday, 10 November 2020, 7:53 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Yesterday more than 50+ organisations penned an open letter to Jacinda Ardern, Carmel Sepuloni and Grant Robertson urging them to lift benefit and low-income levels to liveable levels before Christmas. A reporter asked Jacinda in her live press conference ... More >>
The Current Welfare System Needs To Transform In Order To Prepare For Growing Unemployment
Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 2:50 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Unemployment figures for the last quarter released today show 37,000 people have lost their jobs due to Covid-19. Auckland Action Against Poverty says the current welfare system requires transforming to ensure that these people who are recently ... More >>
Lifting Benefits Needs To Be A Top Priority For This Incoming Labour Govt
Friday, 30 October 2020, 7:51 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The incoming Labour government has the mandate to govern how they see fit and Auckland Action Against Poverty see this as their opportunity to hold true to their vision for equality, sustainability, opportunity, freedom and solidarity as outlined in ... More >>
AAAP Calls On Govt To Reverse The 25% Charge For Emergency Shelter
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 8:15 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Two days after the Labour government secured their second term, they started charging people who are homeless 25% of their weekly income towards the cost of emergency shelter. Auckland Action Against Poverty condemns the government's move to charge ... More >>
Labour Party’s Welfare Policy Condemns Beneficiaries To Poverty
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 2:36 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Labour Party’s welfare announcement does not commit to further increases to core benefit levels in the short term, the individualisation of benefits and the removal of sanctions. Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes the changes to the ... More >>
Māori Party And Greens Only Ones To Provide Genuine Solutions To Our Broken Welfare System
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 11:23 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Māori Party and the Green Party are the only political parties to release income policies that would improve the lives of people on the benefit. Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes both parties’ policies and their support for our Liveable Incomes ... More >>
Ending Winter Energy Payment Would Throw Te Hunga Kaumatua Into Hardship
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 11:26 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Incomes are scheduled to be cut up to $63 a week for many of our low-income households in less than a month. Auckland Action Against Poverty is joining Child Poverty Action Group’s call to increase incomes, instead of cutting them, as an ongoing crisis-response ... More >>
Change In Abatement Threshold Needed To Lift Underemployed Out Of Poverty
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 12:13 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to increase abatement thresholds and lift benefits to liveable levels to support people affected by the growth of unemployment due to COVID-19. “Unemployment numbers do not tell us whether ... More >>
AAAP Welcomes Removal Of Subsequent Child Policy From Welfare System.
Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 2:24 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes the Government’s decision to remove the subsequent child policy from the Social Security Act 2018. The policy meant that mothers faced punitive work obligations and sanctions after their additional child ... More >>
AAAP Launches Campaign To Substantially Lift Benefits.
Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 12:34 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is launching a campaign to build commitment from Members of Parliament seeking to be part of Government to increase incomes across the board to liveable levels. The campaign launch will be held tomorrow, Thursday More >>
AAAP Calls For WINZ Debt Cancellation As Debt Doubles In 5 Years.
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 4:13 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on all debt to the Ministry of Social Development to be cancelled to stop people from missing out on essentials such as rent, food and bills. Official Information Act figures acquired by Auckland Action ... More >>
Green’s Poverty Action Plan A Step Towards Addressing Broken Welfare System
Monday, 29 June 2020, 2:22 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes the Green Party’s Poverty Action Plan as a critical first step to finally address inequality but warns that without higher baseline incomes people will continue living in hardship. “Auckland Action Against ... More >>
Govt Income Relief Payment Creating Two-tiers Of Unemployed
Monday, 25 May 2020, 11:54 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes the individualised Income Relief Payments for those being made redundant but warns that the Government is creating two-tiers of unemployed: those deserving of liveable incomes and those who do not. “ The ... More >>
The Government’s 2020 Well-being Budget Continues To Fail Our Unemployed
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 4:31 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
“ The Government’s 2020 well-being budget continues to fail low-income people, families and communities with the lack of investment in support for people receiving benefits . It contains no additional increases to core benefits outside of the indexation ... More >>
Justice For Those Unlawfully Denied Benefits Due To Redundancy Pay
Sunday, 10 May 2020, 4:50 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to proactively backpay people who have been unlawfully denied a benefit because they were receiving redundancy pay Reports by RNZ show that Work and Income has likely not been using Section 422 ... More >>
Benefits Need To Further Increase To Support The Unemployed
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 2:08 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
In a week alone there was an increase of about 10,000 people now relying on welfare to get by. As the number of benefit recipients rapidly increases as a result of COVID-19, Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to urgently lift benefits ... More >>
Migrants Need Access To Benefits Considering COVID-19 Crisis
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 12:59 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to grant people who do not meet the residential requirements access to benefits so that everyone can have a roof over their head and follow the Alert Level 4 Covid-19 guidelines. We ... More >>
Homeless Need To Be Included In Response To COVID-19
Monday, 23 March 2020, 7:47 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Petition for a COVID-19 Emergency Housing Plan Auckland Action Against Poverty is urging the Government to introduce permanent measures to safeguard people from the effects of COVID-19 by ensuring everyone has a safe home to live in. “ Our homeless ... More >>
Not Enough Left For Beneficiaries In COVID-19 Govt Package
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 3:51 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to do more for people dependent on income support in its response to COVID-19. “The Government’s package to address the effects of COVID-19 and the recession won’t address the hardship ... More >>
