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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.
Child Poverty Action Group - Latest News [Page 10]
Government on the right track to more inclusive education
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 2:06 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The 600 new support staff for schools announced by the Ministry of Education over the weekend is a welcome advance for children in Aotearoa, and one that could not come soon enough considering the latest OECD stats on education inequality, says ... More >>
Importance of Working for Families recognised
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 2:15 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes recognition by the Tax Working Group (TWG) that Working for Families (WFF) provides vital tax transfers to low-income families to offset high taxes on low incomes and make taxes fairer. More >>
Rental reform proposal offers little
Thursday, 25 October 2018, 1:24 pm | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s (MHUD) intention to reform the outdated Residential Tenancies Act, but stated in a submission to the MHUD that the proposals put forth don’t go far enough to provide ... More >>
It's time for the stigmatising nature of welfare to change
Friday, 19 October 2018, 12:42 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Privacy Commissioner inquiry into the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) investigative practices and joins the AAAP’s call for the department to end cruel and invasive practices that can have ... More >>
Time for punitive, stigmatising nature of welfare to change
Friday, 19 October 2018, 12:41 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Privacy Commissioner inquiry into the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) investigative practices and joins the AAAP’s call for the department to end cruel and invasive practices that can have ... More >>
KiwiBuy could provide security to low-income families
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 11:32 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that a broad sweep of new housing programmes is required to reduce the reliance on an increasingly unaffordable and unreliable private rental market. More >>
Loan shark net tightens, but holes still remain
Monday, 15 October 2018, 7:32 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Ngā Tangata Microfinance (NTM) welcomes the new measures announced by Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs Kris Faafoi, that will strengthen the net of protection for vulnerable consumers in the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA). More >>
Cross party support for Child Poverty Reduction Bill welcome
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 8:14 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The cross party support for the Child Poverty Reduction Bill is a significant step forward for children and young people in Aotearoa-New Zealand. More >>
Green Party welfare campaign welcomed by CPAG
Monday, 1 October 2018, 12:26 pm | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Green Party campaign " to put the heart back into our social support system ". The campaign supports the need for a more supportive and compassionate welfare system, that ensures beneficiaries ... More >>
Recommendations to make "Welfare Fit for Families"
Monday, 24 September 2018, 10:51 am | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Government’s 12 priorities for a "modern and fairer New Zealand" . More >>
CPAG Summit 2018
Friday, 7 September 2018, 2:21 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
It is widely acknowledged that there are inadequacies in the current design of the Welfare System in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Welfare payment levels and tax credits are too low to adequately support low-income families. Policy changes over the past three ... More >>
CPAG Launches Welfare Fit for Families Campaign
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 11:57 am | CPAG
What will it take to ensure that all children living in Aotearoa-New Zealand have all their wellbeing needs met? More >>
A safe harbour in life’s financial storms
Monday, 3 September 2018, 12:18 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Ngā Tangata Microfinance supports this year’s Money Week focus; asking New Zealanders how they will weather life’s financial storms, and how quickly they can bounce back. More >>
Rethinking the Welfare System for the 21st Century
Friday, 31 August 2018, 12:59 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
How can politicians and policy-makers reform the welfare system so that it is fit for families in the 21st century? More >>
CPAG welcomes Govt announcement of tenancy law review
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 1:30 pm | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Government’s plans to review rental law , and is pleased that it intends to engage in public consultation, allowing those who are most affected to have a say in what reforms will have the most positive impacts ... More >>
Increased hunger in the land of plenty could be solved
Wednesday, 15 August 2018, 2:25 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Increased hunger in the land of plenty could be easily solved Families going without food on a regular basis is dangerously on the verge of becoming normal in Aotearoa-New Zealand - and the problem doesn’t seem to be easing since recent tax credit and ... More >>
Slowdown possibility raises concerns for family incomes
Tuesday, 7 August 2018, 2:56 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the Government should be turning up welfare and tax credits as the foundation for better family income protection in the likelihood that the country is facing an economic downturn. More >>
CPAG calls for a legal limit on the total cost of credit
Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 5:20 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) endorses the Nga Tangata Microfinance (NTM) submission on the Review of Consumer Credit. More >>
Safer consumer credit may be coming soon to Aotearoa
Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 4:52 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
At last! Safer consumer credit may be coming soon to Aotearoa Ngā Tangata Microfinance (NTM) welcomes the Consumer Credit Regulation Review by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Having made its submission today, NTM hopes that the outcome ... More >>
CPAG calls for review of all benefit debts
Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 2:48 pm | CPAG
Urgent changes must be made following the d ecision by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) not to appeal the High Court’s ruling that loans are not income for benefit purposes, says Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). More >>
