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Welfare group have no faith in Key’s replacement
Monday, 5 December 2016, 3:38 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
John Key’s three terms in power have come to an end following his resignation today. His time in power is characterised by the economic assault on the poor, but also an increase in resistance and organising. More >>
Welfare group occupies Manpower office
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 12:21 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty have occupied the offices of Manpower Services, 51 Shortland Street, Auckland CBD at 12pm today to demand the end of exploitative and illegal contracts used by the Company. More >>
UN report challenges National’s war on the poor
Monday, 10 October 2016, 2:17 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The National government continues to deny the realities of poverty. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child report confirms the entrenchment of poverty in New Zealand and the government’s failure to adequately address it. More >>
Uni research highlights deficiencies in Govt job policies
Thursday, 11 August 2016, 9:41 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
New university research highlights the grave deficiencies in the ‘work first’ approach to welfare so beloved of both National and Labour governments. More >>
Stats used to fudge unemployment level: Nats desperate
Wednesday, 29 June 2016, 4:00 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
National is now resorting to tricks with employment statistics to make the economy look healthier than it is. More >>
Budget an insult to the thousands without homes
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 4:42 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Budget an insult to the thousands without homes Media release Thursday 26 May 2016 “Today’s Budget is pitiful in the face of the biggest housing crisis since the 1930s Depression. “With thousands of people homeless in Auckland alone, Bill English’s ... More >>
Bennett’s latest housing move reeks of panicked desperation
Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 4:39 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
‘Offering grants of up to $5000 for 150 state house tenants and homeless people to move to provincial towns is like shifting deckchairs on the Titanic,’ says AAAP spokesperson Sue Bradford. More >>
Social Security rewrite entrenches war on the poor
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 9:39 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Last night Parliament voted by a vast majority to support new legislation which entrenches New Zealand’s vindictive and pauperising welfare system. More >>
‘Impact’ rips lid off reality of poverty in Auckland
Friday, 8 April 2016, 10:14 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The fourth AAAP beneficiary ‘impact’ at Mangere is now over. In three days over a hundred AAAP volunteers worked with a team of more than 30 Work & Income staff to assist somewhere between 600 – 700 people get their full entitlements. More >>
Desperation stuns organisers on final day of ‘impact’
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 11:28 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
On the third and final day of AAAP’s beneficiary impact at Mangere organisers were stunned by the size and desperation of the crowd waiting for our help this morning. More >>
Queues for Mangere beneficiary ‘impact’ start at 6.30am
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 5:14 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Queues started forming at 6.30am on the first day of Auckland Action Against Poverty’s fourth beneficiary ‘impact’ at Mangere Work & Income. More >>
Major ‘Impact’ starts tomorrow – Mangere Work & Income
Monday, 4 April 2016, 9:11 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Over the next three days many hundreds of people are expected to come to AAAP’s latest beneficiary ‘Impact’: More >>
AAAP supports 4 February TPPA protests
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 12:13 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Tuesday 2 February 2016 Jobs and welfare advocacy group Auckland Action Against Poverty will be supporting both major anti-TPPA protests in Auckland on Thursday. “We will encourage members and supporters to participate in either or both the ... More >>
Nats lose plot with state housing initiative
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 10:20 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Paula Bennett appears to have suffered major plot loss over the summer with a brand new policy aimed at pushing the poor out of Auckland and into the provincial South Island. More >>
Hashtag campaign no solution to poverty
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 9:04 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
The latest Children’s Commissioner’s report on child poverty should be an urgent call for government action. More >>
Picket today outside National’s Xmas Party
Sunday, 6 December 2015, 12:28 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
"While National Party MPs and their friends celebrate inside, we’ll be outside reminding them of the damage caused by their welfare reforms and inaction on housing," says AAAP spokesperson Sue Bradford. More >>
Sugarcoated welfare reform hides further attacks on benefits
Friday, 4 December 2015, 10:16 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
National’s latest welfare reform is a sugarcoated disguise for further attacks on beneficiaries. More >>
Rise in unemployment puts lie to National’s welfare strategy
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 2:05 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Rise in unemployment puts lie to National’s welfare strategy: time to reconsider punitive system More >>
From the streets to the stage - AAAP fundraiser gig
Thursday, 8 October 2015, 11:48 am | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty move from the streets to the stage, hosting a Fundraiser Gig next month. Street Chant and LarzRanda will be joined on-stage by Tourettes, Rackets, Cool Runnings and SoccerPractise. More >>
Work and Income regularly break the law
Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 1:41 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
Today's revelation by Radio New Zealand, that Work and Income practice has illegally cost every beneficiary a day's pay for the past 18 years, is the tip of an extremely ugly iceberg. More >>
