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Government ignores most of welfare report recommendations
Friday, 3 May 2019, 3:16 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Welfare Expert Advisory Group gave a wide range of recommendations on changes needed to the welfare system, including raising core benefit levels up to 47%, removing most sanctions and changes to how people can access their benefit entitlements. Despite ... More >>
AAAP celebrates end to sanctions on sole parents
Friday, 3 May 2019, 2:04 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) is celebrating an end to sanctions on sole parents after the Government announced during the Welfare Expert Advisory Group report that they would change the legislation within this term. The sanction detracts up ... More >>
Government inaction on living costs hitting beneficiaries
Monday, 29 April 2019, 12:41 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Statistics New Zealand’s latest report highlights that people on the benefit have been disproportionately hit by increased living costs, compared to New Zealand’s wealthiest. The cost of living for people on the benefit rose 0.6 percent, compared ... More >>
Government upholds status quo over Capital Gains Tax
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 3:45 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Government's rejection of a Capital Gains Tax upholds the status quo it promised to change in the lead up to the election and Government formation. Auckland Action Against Poverty condemns the Government's decision to not fix our tax system which ... More >>
Wiping of debt for HNZ tenants step towards justice
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 1:15 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Government's announcement that it will wipe the Ministry of Social Development debt accumulated as a result of wrongful evictions because of methamphetamine contamination policies is a step towards justice. Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes this ... More >>
WINZ Funeral Grants amounts forcing people to cremate
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 12:55 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Ministry of Social Development to increase the amount people can obtain through a funeral grant after reports that people are being forced to cremate their lost ones, often against their beliefs, ... More >>
Welfare Expert Advisory Group report should be made public
Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 2:42 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG), tasked with proposing recommendations for changes to the welfare system, has delivered its report to Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni. Despite thousands of people feeding into the report—many ... More >>
Capital Gains Tax bare minimum to start reducing wealth gap
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 3:57 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Tax Working Group recommendations, which include a revenue-neutral Capital Gains Tax, are the absolute bare minimum changes the Government should introduce if it is serious about starting to reduce the gap between the rich and poor. Auckland Action ... More >>
Government inaction sees social housing waiting list spiral
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 4:38 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Government has seen the social housing waiting list double since it took power, with over 10,000 people waiting for social housing . Auckland Action Against Poverty condemns the inaction by successive Governments for failing to build enough public ... More >>
Government continues to enable motels to profit from crisis
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 1:05 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
A recent investigation by Stuff , coupled with information obtained through the Ministry of Social Development shows that a single motel which charges up to $1,500 per week per room has received over $3 million worth of Government funds to provide ... More >>
Govt should stop its focus on Kiwibuild
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 2:15 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Housing Minister Phil Twyford has conceded that the Government is unlikely to meet its Kiwibuild targets of 1,000 new Kiwibuild homes by mid 2019 . Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government stop its focus on unaffordable private ... More >>
Bridges call for tough sanctions out of touch with evidence
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 11:59 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
National Party leader Simon Bridges has called for tougher benefit sanctions after reports by the Ministry of Social Development highlighted that benefit sanctions have dropped due to a change of policy that requires a second pair of eyes before ... More >>
No Govt solution to high rents
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 8:34 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Figures obtained through the Official Information Act shows the Government is spending over $27 million a week helping 292,006 people who are struggling to afford private rentals.. This is up from $20 million a week from last year. More >>
Steep rise in hardship numbers showcases income inadequacy
Thursday, 17 January 2019, 4:36 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The latest Ministry of Social Development December 2018 quarterly report show that a record number of people have received hardship assistance from working and income, with an additional 40,000 hardship payments made between September and December 2018, ... More >>
Minimum wage increase overdue
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 1:19 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Government announced that it will be increasing the minimum wage from $16.50 to $17.70 per hour, as part of a move by the Labour led Government towards making the minimum wage $20.00 per hour by 2021. Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes ... More >>
Māori and Pasifika children more vulnerable
Monday, 10 December 2018, 10:16 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Child Poverty Monitor 2018 released today shows one in five kids are facing food deprivation. The report also highlights that Māori and Pasifika families are at least twice as likely to have kids facing food deprivation. While only about 15% ... More >>
Child poverty report a call for urgent welfare reform
Monday, 10 December 2018, 9:06 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Child Poverty Monitor 2018 report points out one in five kids are living without access to food. People on the benefit were disproportionately affected, with the report highlighting many were spending more than half of their income on rent, leaving ... More >>
Government needs to house meth test evicted tenants
Monday, 3 December 2018, 10:41 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Minister Phil Twyford announced that the first batch of recipients have been receiving compensation for being evicted from their Housing New Zealand homes because of faulty meth tests. The compensation will be $8,000 on average, and 52 people from the 800 ... More >>
Rapid rent increases a product of bipartisan inaction
Monday, 19 November 2018, 6:52 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The median nationwide rent has gone up $20 a week over the past two month , a rapid increase that is part of an upward trend overseen by both Labour and National Governments. Auckland Action Against Poverty condemns successive National and Labour Governments ... More >>
Tauranga rough sleeping ban vote callous
Friday, 16 November 2018, 10:47 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The Tauranga council voted in favour of a bylaw banning begging and rough sleeping within 5m of public entrances to retail and hospitality premises in Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Greerton. Auckland Action Against Poverty condemns the move by the ... More >>
