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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 says benefit sanctions need monitoring.
Monday, 21 October 2013, 7:18 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group's latest research backgrounder - Benefit sanctions: Creating an invisible underclass - shows monitoring systems are lacking and creating confusion over the numbers sanctioned, in particular parents of children. More >>
'Low trust' rules treat beneficiaries as 2nd class citizens
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 3:57 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group spokesperson Associate Professor Mike O'Brien says the latest measures to punish welfare fraudsters demonizes all beneficiaries and serves only to add further stigma to individuals and families who require government support. More >>
Supreme Court no route to Justice for 230,000 NZ children
Monday, 30 September 2013, 9:36 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group has decided not to pursue its long-running human rights case in the Supreme Court but will continue to battle for the rights of New Zealand's poorest children. More >>
CPAG celebrates 75th birthday of Social Security Act 1938
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 2:35 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group and Holy Trinity Cathedral held a joint celebration on Monday night to draw attention to the significance of the Social Security Act that Michael Joseph Savage introduced 75 years ago. More >>
CPAG celebrate the birth of the welfare state
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 1:00 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group spokesperson Alan Johnson says Parnell's Holy Trinity Cathedral would fill to the brim many, many times over with the number of New Zealand children who live in poverty. More >>
"Government discriminates against low-income children"
Saturday, 31 August 2013, 9:38 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group sought a declaration from the Court of Appeal that the In Work Tax Credit, worth at least $60 a week for low income families, unjustifiably discriminates by leaving out families on benefits. While agreeing that there is discrimination, ... More >>
News from CPAG
Monday, 19 August 2013, 9:44 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Health check up finds free after-hours visits for under sixes improving but more progress is needed More >>
Children's Action Plan needs broader scope
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 10:49 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group says the government's announcement of a Children's Action Plan acknowledges the importance of protecting vulnerable children from violence. More >>
Poor Quality Early Childhood Education Questioned
Monday, 5 August 2013, 11:22 am | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG spokesperson Associate Professor Mike O'Brien says the government is short-changing vulnerable children, ignoring research that high quality early childhood education is crucial for at risk children. More >>
Child Poverty Action Group says study both good and bad
Friday, 2 August 2013, 9:52 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group Health spokesperson Professor Innes Asher says the release of the Health and Wellbeing of New Zealand Secondary School Students report published by The University of Auckland and Auckland UniServices Ltd shows a more cautious ... More >>
Part two of research series into Child Abuse and Poverty
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 4:41 pm | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group will launch 'Child Abuse and Poverty: what are the links?' at its AGM in Auckland tomorrow. The document analyses the data from Child Youth and Family to answer the question 'Child Abuse: what role does poverty play?' More >>
CPAG members gather for AGM in Auckland this week
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 10:18 am | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group hold their AGM on Wednesday July 31st at the Western Springs Garden Community Hall and welcome all to attend. More >>
Child Poverty shows no sign of improvement
Friday, 19 July 2013, 12:40 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty shows no sign of improvement Child Poverty Action Group welcomes the careful work of the Household Incomes in New Zealand: Trends in Indicators of Inequality and Hardship report from the Ministry of Social Development. "This important ... More >>
Latest changes to welfare benefits place children at risk
Monday, 15 July 2013, 6:40 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has criticised the government's new welfare initiatives for placing vulnerable children living in poverty further at risk. More >>
CPAG welcomes alternatives to transport woes
Monday, 15 July 2013, 3:00 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group welcomes report on alternative solutions to Auckland's transport woes. Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed the report of the Auckland Alternative Transport Funding Consensus Building Group. More >>
Visiting London Professor speaks to NZ's growing inequality
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 11:33 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group convenor Assoc. Professor Mike O'Brien says a lecture series by visiting Professor Robert Wade will benefit those seriously committed to addressing poverty and inequality in New Zealand. More >>
New Zealand's property dream is a nightmare for tenants
Sunday, 30 June 2013, 5:40 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The largest-ever worldwide study linking damp housing to respiratory and allergy problems paints a grim picture for New Zealand children says Child Poverty Action Group spokesperson Associate Professor Nikki Turner. More >>
Government failing to solve child abuse
Monday, 10 June 2013, 2:15 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Latest research on Child Abuse finds government preoccupied with monitoring and reporting but neglectful in finding solutions to the issue. The Child Poverty Action Group has released Child Abuse: What role does poverty play? a review of the past 25 years ... More >>
Key to Healthy Kids Is Free Accessible Primary Health Care
Friday, 7 June 2013, 5:09 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Key to Healthy Kids Is Free Accessible Primary Health Care For All Under 18s Say the Child Poverty Action Group More >>
Group says Recommendations to Reduce Child Poverty Ignored
Friday, 31 May 2013, 9:36 am | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG's public health spokesperson Dr Nikki Turner says the government has cherry picked through the Expert Advisory Group's 78 recommendations to focus on only a handful of issues. More >>
