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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 27]
Breakthrough for children: an end to discrimination at last
Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 11:10 am | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group is delighted that, at last, a major political party has shown it is serious about child poverty. "Labour's policies are a properly integrated and comprehensive beginning to the solution of this complex, multi-faceted problem ... More >>
Children's Needs Prioritised At Last
Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 10:35 am | Child Poverty Action Group
"Child Poverty Action Group warmly welcomes today's Labour Party announcement on the need for investment in children's well-being - it is long overdue" said Co-convenor Mike O'Brien. He went on to say that the package represents a range ... More >>
CPAG: Welfare changes ignore children - again
Thursday, 3 November 2011, 9:15 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group asks 'where are the needs of children and their parents taken into account in these visionless 'reforms'? More >>
CPAG Welcomes free after-hours child visits announcement
Friday, 28 October 2011, 11:14 am | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed the National Party's promise of free after-hours doctors visits for children under 6. More >>
Fixing Child Poverty up to Government
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 12:55 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group says that we may be celebrating this week that we are the best in the world at rugby, but we should be ashamed that 230,000 of our children are living in poverty. More >>
Sept. benefit numbers show Welfare reform a tragedy so far
Friday, 21 October 2011, 4:08 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
John Key and other Ministers have promised that work is the way out of poverty. All that had to happen was a few sticks and carrots to provide the incentives. The carrot was the In Work Tax Credit (IWTC) designed especially to get sole parents into work ... More >>
Too Many NZ Children Left Further Behind - CPAG
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 9:28 am | CPAG
News from CPAG Too many New Zealand children left further behind: Policies must improve the poorest children's lives More >>
Justice sought through the courts for NZ's poorest children
Sunday, 4 September 2011, 12:41 pm | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group takes an appeal in the Wellington High Court this week in a historic human rights case affecting 233,000 of New Zealand’s most disadvantaged children. “New Zealand has a terrible problem of child poverty, accumulated in ... More >>
Urgent action needed on Children's Health
Monday, 29 August 2011, 4:24 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group calls on the government to put greater focus on families with children. New data from the New Zealand Children’s Social Health Monitor shows children’s hospital admission rates for preventable diseases has continued to increase ... More >>
Who is counting the children?
Monday, 15 August 2011, 4:55 pm | CPAG
CPAG applauds Every Child Counts for highlighting the economic costs of neglecting children's needs. Its new report “1000 days to get it right for every child” shows New Zealand has a very poor record indeed in child outcomes. But while the ... More >>
Child Poverty Action Group welcomes focus on children
Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 4:42 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed the renewed focus on children of some of the major parties heading into the election. The Greens and Labour have made a commitment to dealing with New Zealand’s high rates of child poverty through policies that ... More >>
“Please sir, can I have some more?”
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 2:59 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The Whangarei Child Poverty Action Group are supporting the call from the Auckland based CPAG for the government to fund school food programmes. On Monday CPAG launched Hunger for Learning exploring nutritional barriers to children’s learning. More >>
CPAG Calls For Govt Funded School Food Programme
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 11:10 am | Child Poverty Action Group
The Child Poverty Action Group Is calling on the Government to step up to the plate and fund food programmes in New Zealand's poorest schools. More >>
Reforms risk harming another generation of children
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 5:05 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group is endorsing the open letter that Professor Innes Asher has sent to members of the Ministerial Group on Welfare Reform, and which was tabled in parliament this afternoon. More >>
Time to rethink support for children
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 1:31 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Media Release 16 June 2011 Time to rethink support for children Child Poverty Action Group has challenged the government to rethink the failed Working for Families policies that have once again been highlighted by events in Christchurch. More >>
Prioritising Children - CPAG
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 9:11 am | CPAG
Important commitments have been expressed recently about giving priority to children in decision making. The report from Sir Peter Gluckman makes it clear that investment in children is good for children and indeed good for all of us now and in the years ... More >>
Changes to Working for Families ominous direction
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 2:24 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG says that the Budget changes to Working for Families (WFF) signal a very worrying direction. The Minister portrayed WFF’s growth as unaffordable based on what happened as WFF was being phased in. “But between 2010 and 2012 the expenditure shows no ... More >>
CPAG Acknowledges Countdown's Contribution to Children
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 2:20 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group wishes to acknowledge the outstanding contribution made by the Countdown supermarket chain through its material support for Red Cross's food in school programme. More >>
Post Budget Analysis - Please register now for these events
Friday, 6 May 2011, 3:28 pm | CPAG
This year Child Poverty Action Group is having three events to look at the 2011 Budget and its impact on children in poverty. Information about each of these events is available online and can be accessed here for Auckland ; Wellington and Whangarei ... More >>
More funding for the early years a great start
Friday, 6 May 2011, 2:10 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group commends the extra Government funding for the early weeks of life. This is the time when a new mother and baby are at their most vulnerable and this extra help to be provided through the Well Child initiative is most welcome. ... More >>
