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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 welcomes WEAG recommendations to ensure dignity for all
Friday, 3 May 2019, 3:41 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes today’s release of the long-anticipated report from the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG): Whakamana Tāngata: Restoring Dignity to Social Security in New Zealand. More >>
New data on benefit sanctions show fairer treatment
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 4:53 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the latest data on benefits from the Ministry of Social Development, which shows the number of sanctions tracking down significantly compared to previous years. More >>
Safe Fair Interest Free Loans top $1 million
Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 12:43 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Ngā Tangata Microfinance (NTM) has this month celebrated a key milestone, providing over $1 million in safe fair and affordable no interest loans to nearly 500 low income clients. More >>
No CGT may offer opportunities to rethink policies
Thursday, 18 April 2019, 7:37 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group cautiously welcomes the government’s response to the Tax Working Group’s (TWG) final report . More >>
Cap on interest rates vital to protect vulnerable NZers
Thursday, 11 April 2019, 3:13 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the proposed amendments to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance law do not go nearly far enough to provide vulnerable New Zealanders the protection they desperately need. More >>
Shift in mindset needed to address education inequality
Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 11:44 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Ministry of Education’s review of Tomorrow’s Schools and submitted yesterday on the report Our Schooling Futures, Stronger Together l Whiria Ngā Kura Tūātinitini. More >>
New Child Poverty stats will provide baseline for reduction
Tuesday, 2 April 2019, 5:45 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
New Child Poverty statistics will provide a sound baseline for reduction targets More >>
CPAG presents: Measuring deprivation in New Zealand
Friday, 29 March 2019, 2:58 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG and Associate Professor Dan Exeter are launching a series of discussion documents which look at the concentration and drivers of deprivation in regions across Aotearoa, using The New Zealand Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). More >>
Measuring deprivation in New Zealand regions
Monday, 25 March 2019, 5:30 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG ) and Associate Professor Dan Exeter are launching a series of discussion documents which look at the concentration and drivers of deprivation in regions across Aotearoa, using The New Zealand Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). More >>
Ngā Tangata: Unsafe credit costs far more than money
Sunday, 24 February 2019, 10:15 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Alarming new research from FinCap reveals the high occurrence of unsafe credit amongst those on low incomes in Aotearoa, and parallels Ngā Tangata Microfinance’s (NTM) experience over many years. More >>
CGT a lost opportunity to explore solutions to inequality
Friday, 22 February 2019, 2:54 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the Tax Working Group’s (TWG) final report and acknowledges the huge amount of time, effort and expertise involved in developing a comprehensive Capital Gains Tax (CGT). More >>
CPAG welcomes move to qualified in-home carers
Friday, 22 February 2019, 9:05 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the move by the Ministry of Education towards more professional in-home early childhood care and education (ECCE), ensuring all children in ECCE environments are accessing high quality, culturally relevant, ... More >>
Children’s voices denied in Select Committee debacle
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 9:20 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) believes that National’s attempt to thwart Finance and Expenditure Select Committee submission hearings on the Budget Policy Statement last week has serious implications for the democratic process. More >>
State of the Nation report shows little improvement for kids
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 9:55 am | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes the The Salvation Army’s annual State of the Nation report "Are You Well? Are We Safe?" released today, which provides an overview of how New Zealand is doing for the wellbeing of its citizens. ... More >>
Fewer sanctions will support the wellbeing of children
Thursday, 24 January 2019, 12:33 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) joins Auckland Action Against Poverty , the Beneficiary Advocacy Federation and ActionStation in applauding the easing of disciplinary action for benefit recipients, under less stringent welfare practices. More >>
Families cannot wait till Budget 2019 announcements
Friday, 18 January 2019, 9:55 am | Child Poverty Action Group
The latest benefit data from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) provides cast iron evidence that current levels of welfare benefits and Working for Families tax credits are far too inadequate to meet the everyday needs of families who rely on ... More >>
Child Poverty Bill and Wellbeing Budget vital for change
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 3:22 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) welcomes both the Government’s first Wellbeing Budget and the passing into law of the Child Poverty Reduction Bill this week, saying that both are indicators of the intention for real and sustained change to come. More >>
CPAG calls for an Inquiry to review the debts of MSD current and former clients
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 4:27 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) applauds the Social Security Appeal Authority’s decision to have the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) wipe the debt of a seriously ill and frequently homeless beneficiary. More >>
Food poverty due to inadequate incomes and high cost housing
Monday, 10 December 2018, 9:21 am | Child Poverty Action Group
CPM 2018: Inadequate incomes and high cost housing to blame for rise in food poverty More >>
Tomorrow’s Schools Taskforce provides bold, brave blueprint
Friday, 7 December 2018, 12:15 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says the release of the 31 recommendations from the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent taskforce is a genuine and game changing blueprint to radically change New Zealand education. More >>
