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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Positive healthy policies for schoolchildren

Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 10:47 am | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group has added its voice to those urging the Minister of Health, Tony Ryall to keep the Fruit in Schools programme running beyond the end of the year. The programme runs in 500 low-decile schools and provides fruit to 100,000 children ... More >>

Children’s needs must come first, say advocates

Friday, 26 June 2009, 3:07 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group is asking the government to put children at the centre of its policies as unemployment puts greater stress on families. More >>

Urgent action needed on child poverty in budget

Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 9:21 am | Child Poverty Action Group

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is urging the Government to give children the attention they deserve in this year’s Budget. More >>

Rankin appointment alarming - Child Poverty Group

Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 9:08 am | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group is alarmed at the appointment of Christine Rankin to the Families Commission. The group’s economic spokesperson Dr Susan St John said: “At a time of recession is biting and deepening poverty of many families in New Zealand, ... More >>

Children’s advocates welcome report

Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 9:55 am | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action group has welcomed the new Families Commission report that emphasises the importance of caring and nurturing required for all children to meet their potential. More >>

Left out again

Friday, 17 April 2009, 4:30 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group is disappointed by reports that National's promise to increase the amount beneficiaries can earn appears to have been shelved. At present someone on a benefit can earn up to $80 per week without being penalised. Prior to ... More >>

John Key on wrong track

Thursday, 19 March 2009, 3:37 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

The PM wants the better-off to donate their tax cuts to charity? Surely at this stage in the economic cycle a more certain and equitable way of addressing the profound unfairness of tax cuts for those on higher income should be found. More >>

Govt should reinstate healthy food in schools

Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 1:19 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has called on the government to reconsider its decision to allow schools to sell junk food. More >>

CPAG seeks to meet ministers following decision

Friday, 19 December 2008, 11:19 am | Child Poverty Action Group

The Child Poverty Action Group is seeking a meeting with the Government following a decision released today by the Human Rights Review Tribunal that the In-Work Tax Credit (IWTC) discriminates against some 200,000 of the most deprived children in ... More >>

Redundancy package needs a rethink

Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 5:07 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group says National’s package extending the In-Work Tax Credit to families where earners are made redundant is an admission that families are unable to meet basic costs under the present system. More >>

Time for fairer benefits: children’s advocatates

Thursday, 30 October 2008, 5:27 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed Labour and National’s new-found commitment to ensuring adequate support for the unemployed. More >>

Pledge to end child poverty welcomed by advocates

Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 9:45 am | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) commends the Maori Party for putting children at the forefront of their policies, and pledging to end child poverty by 2020. More >>

Child advocates say work-for-dole a failed policy

Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 9:23 am | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) NZ has expressed disappointment at the National party's plans to resurrect work-for-the-dole requirements for domestic purposes beneficiaries. More >>

CPAG welcomes plan of action on child poverty

Thursday, 7 August 2008, 1:36 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed today’s report from the Children’s Commissioner which urges the government to adopt a sustained, coordinated plan of action to end child poverty in New Zealand. More >>

CPAG welcomes improved security for family incomes

Monday, 28 July 2008, 2:52 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the National Party s announcement that it will keep Working for Families (WFF). The group says that all families, including those on high incomes, deserve recognition for the costs of raising children. More >>

Group claims human rights protection

Friday, 11 July 2008, 4:06 pm | Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group's groundbreaking legal case against the government's In Work Tax Credit wraps up next week. The group says the case offers the government the chance to cement New Zealand's long-standing reputation as a world leader in ... More >>