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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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Not the New Zealand we want
Friday, 27 May 2016, 9:13 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG ) endorses the Government’s stated commitment to improve the lives of all vulnerable children. It has failed dismally with the 2016 Budget announcement. More >>
Band-aids won't do it for the 2016 Budget
Monday, 23 May 2016, 11:24 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says for too long scraps have been thrown at the festering sore of child poverty in New Zealand. The 2016 budget must not further disappoint. More >>
Amazing numbers on the priority waiting list
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 11:17 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the Government is out of touch with the severity of the housing crisis, and that our policy makers need to respond by urgently designing a real and meaningful strategy to end this affliction. More >>
Musicians band together to End Child Poverty
Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 12:12 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Musicians are banding together to raise funds towards ending child poverty in New Zealand, with a series of collaborative performances in Auckland, the first this year being held on June 11. More >>
Petition calls for children to take first priority
Friday, 13 May 2016, 10:27 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) supports a major online petition launched today by ActionStation , urging for the 2016 budget to put the needs of children before corporate interests. ActionStation has developed the campaign in collaboration with ... More >>
CPAG Post Budget Breakfast event series
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 12:42 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Each year Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) provides child-focused analysis and commentary of the budget. The aim is to provide an accessible and affordable avenue for the community to come together and hear about how the budget affects children and young ... More >>
Sanctions imposed on parents, what happens to the children?
Monday, 9 May 2016, 10:25 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says we have a welfare system that is more focused on punishing, or teaching lessons, than helping people. More >>
CPAG urges support for Labour's Healthy Homes Bill
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 10:05 am | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that Labour party leader Andrew Little's Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) should be supported when it is debated in Parliament today because it will be a big step forward for the health and well-being of hundreds ... More >>
Better resourced schools, better outcomes for children
Monday, 18 April 2016, 9:55 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that UNICEF 's recently released Innocenti Report Card 13 is clear evidence that Government must shift to a child-centred focus for all areas of policy, with close attention to children's educational needs. Providing ... More >>
Baffling benefit system makes families worse off
Monday, 11 April 2016, 10:23 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says Auckland Action Against Poverty ’s (AAAP) recent Benefit Impact shows the welfare system is not meeting the needs of those who need it most. The system is marred by convolution, combined with a baffling system ... More >>
CYF steps up, what about the rest?
Friday, 8 April 2016, 12:13 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
An overhaul of Child Youth and Family (CYF) policies has been a long time coming, and Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) applaud the recommendations by the Expert Panel dedicated to the modernisation of CYF, published in a comprehensive report . The ... More >>
CPAG Fix Working for Families Campaign launch
Friday, 1 April 2016, 11:47 am | Child Poverty Action Group
To coincide with the overdue increase in benefit rates and the base rate of the Working for Families In-Work Tax Credit, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is launching a campaign today to raise public and political awareness of the fundamental inadequacies ... More >>
Times of low inflation requires a better response
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 2:16 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
New benefit rates for 2016 announced by the Government reflect that measured inflation is practically zero over the last year. More >>
Housing WOFs will see children thrive
Friday, 4 March 2016, 1:48 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group is calling for this Government to rethink their rental housing strategy and instate mandatory a Warrant of Fitness (WoF) for all rental properties across New Zealand to save children’s lives and lessen their illnesses. More >>
So what about Working for Familie
Thursday, 3 March 2016, 1:16 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Yesterday's announcement of a 50 cent increase in the minimum wage from April 1 to $15.25 per hour is welcomed by Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). It means an additional twenty dollars (before tax) for a 40-hour week on the minimum-wage: an overall annual ... More >>
Stop the Blame, Shift the Funding
Friday, 26 February 2016, 8:28 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group says that if there's no more Government funding to allocate to schooling, then it is only fair that a greater proportion of current operational funding should be shifted from higher decile schools to lower decile schools with ... More >>
Child Poverty needs to be a priority
Wednesday, 17 February 2016, 9:29 am | Child Poverty Action Group
How serious is the government about taking effective measures to reduce child poverty? This is the question which the Child Poverty Action Group poses to the government in the light of the Salvation Army’s 2016 State of the Nation report . CPAG social ... More >>
Surprise! More money reduces poverty!
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 12:43 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group strongly endorses Income Equality Aotearoa who say: "What poor families really need is more money." More >>
Evidence based solutions ignored as children miss out
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 8:22 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group says continued rises in rates of child poverty show the government’s piecemeal and ad hoc measures on child poverty are inadequate. More >>
Hikoi for Homes - major marches and rallies tomorrow
Friday, 20 November 2015, 11:11 am | Child Poverty Action Group
The events - jointly organised by the Child Poverty Action Group, Auckland Action Against Poverty, First Union and Unite - promise to attract hundreds of people moved to march for quality, affordable and safe housing for all New Zealanders. More >>
