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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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Call for widespread implementation of the Healthy Homes
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 1:30 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Call for widespread implementation of the Healthy homes initiative, which has been shown to reduce rates of children admitted to hospital. More >>
CPAG says more funding must accompany decile replacement
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 4:02 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that yesterday’s announcement from the Minister of Education Hon. Chris Hipkins regarding the eventual dismantling of the decile system should be greeted with cautious optimism. More >>
Children and their parents need a 'Yes' from Government
Monday, 23 September 2019, 7:03 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that if the Deputy Prime Minister has indicated progress is slow for welfare reform, an appropriate and timely response would be for the Government to urgently adopt the simple and effective changes outlined in ... More >>
Beneficiaries to PM: the welfare system needs urgent change
Monday, 23 September 2019, 9:31 am | Child Poverty Action Group
If we want New Zealand to be the best place in the world to be a child, the Government needs to increase benefits, remove sanctions, individualise benefits, and fix abatement rates now, says Child Poverty Action Group and ActionStation . More >>
CPAG mourns passing of Kathryn
Friday, 6 September 2019, 10:06 am | Child Poverty Action Group
It is with great sadness that Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has learned that Kathryn, whose tragic story CPAG documented in 2016, has passed away at the age of 58. CPAG expresses deepest sympathy to the family who have lost a caring and loving ... More >>
New study supports vastly improved social services funding
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 10:17 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the release of an independent study into the gap in State funding for New Zealand’s social service sector by Social Service Providers Aotearoa (SSPA) , and supports their call for the Government to "make a ... More >>
Interest rate cap a momentous change timed well
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 2:44 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and Ngā Tāngata Microfinance (NTM) jointly welcome the extra consumer protections added to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (CCCFA) announced this week by Kris Faafoi, Minister of Commerce and Consumer ... More >>
A win for children but burden of poverty still looms
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 4:31 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the new Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy launched today by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Ministry for Children, which is intended to give effect to Government’s commitment to improving ... More >>
New research supports CPAG’s call for a housing WOF
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 12:34 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group) says that new research from the University of Otago provides a solid foundation for why the Government must not delay instating a comprehensive Warrant of Fitness for tenanted homes in Aotearoa-New Zealand, and ... More >>
Poverty to blame for escalating respiratory illness
Monday, 12 August 2019, 4:22 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) applauds the recent spotlight on children’s health by the New Zealand Herald. More >>
Define The Relationship: DTR Work and Income-Style
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 3:35 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Everyone, no matter how much they earn, should have the right to choose who they love and live with. But if you're a single parent on income support in Aotearoa, choosing love is often a luxury you can't afford. Find love with a wealthy suitor, ... More >>
Progress on public housing, but need outstrips the gains
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 1:42 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Government’s progress on creating new public housing places is cause for commendation, but not celebration yet, says Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) . More >>
Children fall further behind as transformation yet to come
Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 1:45 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is heartened by the commentary from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in conversation with Jack Tame on TVNZ’s Q&A this past Monday . More >>
Half of children on benefits are food insecure
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 10:49 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the number of children living in households regularly going without sufficient healthy food is unacceptable, especially when healthy food is plentiful in Aotearoa-New Zealand. More >>
New report reflects outdated Welfare relationship rules
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 10:09 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Welfare system rules around relationships unjustly punish and stigmatise already struggling single parents, says Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) . More >>
Borrowers’ pain demands "ambulance at top of cliff"
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 11:31 am | Child Poverty Action Group
As submissions closed last Friday on the Credit Contracts Amendment Bill, the clarion call from Ngā Tangata Microfinance , FinCap , budgeting services and poverty-focussed agencies throughout the country was unanimous: an interest rate cap must be a priority. More >>
CPAG welcomes Ministry of Health focus on food insecurity
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 6:56 pm | CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that income adequacy, along with the consistent certainty of income, is key to ensuring that children's nutritional needs are met for healthy brain development in their critical early years, and for ensuring that ... More >>
CPAG welcomes Ministry of Health focus on food insecurity
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 2:49 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that income adequacy, along with the consistent certainty of income, is key to ensuring that children's nutritional needs are met for healthy brain development in their critical early years, and for ensuring that ... More >>
CPAG submits on Consumer Credit legislation
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 2:09 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG joins with FinCap and Ngā Tangata Microfinance in calling for the Government to include an interest rate cap in the Credit Contracts Legislation Amendment Bill, to complement the Bill’s policy to limit to the total cost of borrowing. More >>
Remarkable CPAG economist’s NZ honour well-deserved
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 2:47 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) warmly congratulates its co-founder and economics spokesperson Associate Professor Susan St John on becoming Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to social policy. More >>
