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Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is an independent, registered charity founded in 1994 who work to eliminate child poverty in New Zealand through research, education and advocacy.
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) strives to achieve the elimination of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand. We work to provide evidence-based research about the causes and effects of poverty on children and their families, and to inform the public, policy makers, media and politicians of the changes to policy needed to reduce child poverty.
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CPAG Calls On Ministers To Reverse Lunch Cuts With Budget Bid
Monday, 24 March 2025, 8:16 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Based on the 2023 and 2024 Budget Summary of Initiatives, CPAG refers to estimates of the cost of restoring school lunches to their 2024 standard, between $107-115 extra a year. More >>
CPAG Urges Government To Reverse 'Funded To Fail' School Lunch Cuts
Sunday, 23 February 2025, 6:38 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG Executive Officer Sarita Divis said CPAG was disappointed the Government’s Budget policy statement in December - which gives an early indication about priorities in May’s Budget - had no mention of child poverty. More >>
Economic Growth Alone Won't Help 156,600 Kiwi Children Who Live In Poverty
Thursday, 20 February 2025, 7:18 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
"Child poverty data was trending down from 2018 but in the past two years we have seen an increase in material hardship rates which is a concerning trend," CPAG executive officer Sarita Divis said. More >>
Anti-poverty Groups Say Amendments To Social Security Act Will Remove Job Seekers’ Human Rights
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 5:31 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group’s Executive Officer, Sarita Divis, says "This Bill will put at risk the fundamental human rights and wellbeing of people, including many of our most vulnerable." More >>
Govt Announces No Christmas For Children In Persistent Poverty For The Next 10 Years
Monday, 16 December 2024, 1:50 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG calls on the current government and all political parties to work towards a future where all tamariki grow up surrounded by loving, thriving whānau within supportive communities where there are resources, opportunities and systems to enable them to ... More >>
Advocates Concerned The Government Has Downgraded Food Security And Housing Quality In Child And Youth Strategy Refresh
Friday, 22 November 2024, 9:04 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The demotion of food insecurity is particularly concerning given the latest New Zealand Health Survey results for 2023/24 showed one in four of our children (27%) lived in households that did not have enough food on a regular basis. Up from 21.3% the ... More >>
99,000 Children In Persistent Poverty
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 8:09 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Persistent child poverty is now officially defined as ‘children living in households with less than 60% of the median household equivalised disposable income before housing costs are deducted (relative rate), in the current year and for at least 2 of the ... More >>
OIA Documents Reveal Minister Is Considering Changing Long-term Child Poverty Reduction Targets (CPAG)
Monday, 4 November 2024, 4:49 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG Chairperson Sally Ward also encourages the New Zealand public to call on all politicians in parliament to hold each other to account on this issue of national significance. More >>
CPAG Disappointed Child Poverty Reduction Minister Rejected Official Advice To Get NZ Back On Track To Meet Targets
Monday, 23 September 2024, 1:09 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG Executive Officer, Sarita Divis states, ‘Not only has the Minister rejected official advice, she has not provided any solid evidence, modelling or data that shows her chosen path will result in us meeting the 2028 goal of halving child poverty.' More >>
CPAG: Latest Child Poverty Report Shows NZ Rates Poorly Compared To EU Countries
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:30 am | Child Poverty Action Group
But Past Successes Can Be Replicated To Lift Children Out Of Poverty More >>
New Research From CPAG Reveals Renting Is Increasingly Unaffordable In Our Regions
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 7:09 am | Child Poverty Action Group
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is calling for better monitoring of housing stock, particularly private rentals, as new research reveals the share of affordable rentals has significantly decreased in most of our regions over the past five years. More >>
Government Will Lock 20,000 More Children In Poverty With Budget Policies
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 8:00 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The government has chosen tax cuts for landlords over unlocking children from hardship with this year’s Budget, and are putting an estimated 20,000 more children into poverty within three years, according to the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). More >>
Public Housing Advocates Warn Government’s Review Of Kāinga Ora Must Not Usher In New Era Of Privatisation By Stealth
Monday, 20 May 2024, 5:44 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
New Zealand has the lowest level of public housing in the OECD with public housing stock just 3.4% of all housing. The OECD average is 7%, and the Netherlands 34.1%. More >>
CPAG Thrilled Healthy Lunches Stay, But Asks Why So Many Are Going Hungry
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 5:50 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has applauded the government for retaining school lunches to children in our poorest communities, and urges further action to address increasing food insecurity. More >>
Anti-Poverty Groups Urge New Minister For Disability Issues To Reverse Funding Cuts
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 2:30 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The Fairer Future coalition of anti-poverty groups say Whaikaha must be properly funded going forward, and that to argue that poor financial management of the new Ministry is a red herring by the Prime Minister. More >>
Housing Advocates Release An Alternative Review Of Kāinga Ora, Showing Stigmatisation And Underfunding The Real Problems
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 5:42 am | Child Poverty Action Group
The report calls on the Government to have a long-term commitment to building and retrofitting public housing at pace and scale that will truly address the housing crisis. More >>
Disability Cuts Another Brutal Sign Coalition Government Not Interested In Tackling Child Poverty
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 11:13 am | CPAG
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has the following spokespeople available to comment on the government's wholesale cuts to disabled people's funding. CPAG says this is absolutely devastating for our disabled community and shows this government ... More >>
CPAG: PM Luxon On Track To Break Election Promise On Child Poverty
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 12:39 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Latest child poverty statistics that show an extra 23,400 children are living in material hardship are a stark warning for New Zealand with progress made in recent years now going backwards, according to the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). Around ... More >>
Children Working To Help Their Families Fly Under Radar: CPAG
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 8:13 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
As many as 15,000 teenagers are taking on paid work to help pay for family basics and government agencies urgently need to find out how many are dropping out of school to do so, the Child Poverty Action Group says. CPAG is urgently calling for adequate ... More >>
Warning For Next Government Of Hunger And Health Problems Plaguing Kiwi Children
Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 9:54 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Six groups working at the front line of child poverty say the next government needs to show it is serious about tackling the issue by meeting with them as soon as possible and making it a top priority. Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon has committed ... More >>
