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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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Poverty Burden For Children Increased Due To Government Neglect - New Report
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 5:49 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Poverty, inequity, homelessness and food insecurity are among the burdens which increased for tamariki Māori and other children in the first year of Covid-19 - partially due to Government neglect, according to a Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) ... More >>
60% Of New Zealanders Think The Government Should Go Further With Benefit Increases, New UMR Poll Shows
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 5:11 am | Child Poverty Action Group
A poll released today shows 60% of people in New Zealand think the Government should increase income support rates beyond the Budget 2021 increases starting to come into effect today. The UMR poll was commissioned by a group of 26 organisations under ... More >>
Anti-Poverty Groups Query Budget Benefit Delay, Call For Full Increases On 1 July
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 10:34 am | Child Poverty Action Group
A group of anti-poverty campaigners has called on the Government to implement its Budget benefit plans on 1 July, rather than staggering increases across 1 July 2021 and 1 April 2022, as announced last week. The Government announced, as part of Budget ... More >>
Income Support Rises Welcome If Not Yet Enough - Child Poverty Action Group
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:36 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group welcomes the income support increases announced today by the Government, saying the rises will be a good step towards income adequacy for many children in need. "The changes today are useful if insufficient. Our modelling ... More >>
Government Report Shows Children Made To Suffer Unnecessarily
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 12:09 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Grim reading: that’s the Child Poverty Action Group’s assessment of the Child Poverty Related Indicators Report released today by the Government. "The report shows our children are suffering unnecessarily. Polling shows our communities care ... More >>
Wage Increases Outpace Income Support For Children - New Research
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 6:18 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Families in low-paid work with three children would have received up to $1900 more over the last two years if income support for children automatically kept up with wages, according to new research from the Child Poverty Action Group. Since 2018, ... More >>
Government Housing Package "ignores Elephant In The Room"
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 1:19 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The Government’s housing package announced this week doesn’t do enough for families in grave housing stress, nor does it address housing wealth inequality, says the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). "Disappointingly this package ignores the ... More >>
Record Breaking Year For Microloan Applications For People Doing It Tough
Monday, 8 March 2021, 6:43 am | Child Poverty Action Group
A record number of loan applications were recorded by Ngā Tāngata Microfinance last year for people needing help covering everyday costs. The not-for-profit saw an increase of 128% for those applying for small loans to cover basic health care ... More >>
"Shocking, Disappointing" Child Poverty Statistics Show Incrementalism Isn’t Working
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 12:54 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Incrementalism isn’t working: Child Poverty Action Group says that’s the lesson from the latest child poverty statistics released today. "Although not surprising, these pre-Covid statistics overall are deeply disappointing. For families with disabilities, ... More >>
Warnings Against Christmas Pyramid Schemes Preying On Low-Income People
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 7:15 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Ngā Tāngata Microfinance is warning whānau to stay safe this Christmas and avoid pyramid schemes, many of which use cryptocurrency, including ‘Gifting/Koha Circles’ that are promoted primarily to and by Māori and Pasifika families. Ngā Tāngata ... More >>
Government Leaves Disadvantaged Children To Face "most Severe" COVID-19 Effects
Tuesday, 15 December 2020, 3:02 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Children and their families are likely to face "significant and wide-ranging" negative effects from COVID-19, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's own advisors. "The most severe negative effects are likely to be felt by those who ... More >>
Child Poverty Monitor Shows Bold Action Required To Turn Tide On Poverty
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 7:59 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the 2020 Child Poverty Monitor report released today by the Children’s Commission, Otago University and the JR McKenzie Trust, and agrees with the finding that ‘bold action’ is required to turn the ... More >>
More Groups Join Growing Call To Govt To Replace Entrenched Poverty With Liveable Incomes
Monday, 9 November 2020, 2:21 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Social workers and foodbank organisers are among the latest of now 60+ groups signing an open letter to the government to ensure liveable incomes for all, while one signatory warns of a second wave of increasing inequality at this "critical" time. ... More >>
Supergroup Of NGOs To PM: Raise Income Support By Christmas
Monday, 9 November 2020, 8:21 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Over 50 prominent organisations have joined together to urge the government to raise income support by Christmas, in order to release families from dire poverty. Unions, social service NGOs, housing providers, churches and groups representing Māori, ... More >>
Anti-poverty Groups To Labour: Election Results Mean No More Excuses
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 3:40 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group, ActionStation and Auckland Action Against Poverty are calling on the new government to follow through quickly on their plan of raising income support so people receiving benefits are no longer locked into poverty. "Labour ... More >>
NZ Lagging Behind In Support For Disabled Children
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 8:09 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Children with disability are more likely than other children to live in poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand - but it shouldn’t be this way, says Child Poverty Action Group. "Should I have to start taking medication [for my anxiety] because there ... More >>
ActionStation & CPAG: Poverty Set To Worsen As COVID Support Ends Tomorrow
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 8:02 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Activists and researchers are warning toxic stress, food insecurity and isolation are set to rise for many families in poverty almost immediately, as their weekly incomes reduce by $63 from tomorrow [Thurs 1 Oct]. "The Winter Energy Payment ... More >>
Labour’s Welfare Policies Welcome But Silence On Children Disappointing
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 8:21 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
The Child Poverty Action Group today warmly welcomed the Labour Party’s policies to reinstate the Training Incentive Allowance (TIA) for sole parents undertaking tertiary level study and to make part-time paid work more worthwhile for families ... More >>
CPAG Disappointed With Government's Continued Refusal To Extend Crisis Support
Friday, 4 September 2020, 3:10 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
A slew of new reports show successive governments have failed children and young people for decades, just as the current government has reiterated its plan to cut incomes of families receiving benefits when the Winter Energy Payment period ends ... More >>
CPAG And AAAP Call For Extension Of Covid Support For NZ’s Most Financially Vulnerable
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 8:09 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Incomes are scheduled to be cut by up to $63 a week for many of New Zealand’s lowest-income households in less than a month, but Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) are both urging the Government to immediately ... More >>
