Professor Innes Asher ONZM
Paediatrician/children's health spokesperson
Paediatrician/children's health spokesperson
Professor of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Starship Children's Health. In 2003 she was awarded ONZM for services to Paediatrics, and in 2007 the HRC Liley Medal for her research leadership. Professor Asher is co-editor of Trying to Catch our Breath: The burden of preventable breathing diseases in children and young people (The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of NZ, 2006 Innes also instigated the Auckland University Winter Lecture Series 2004, entitled "Are we wasting our children?" She leads a worldwide children's research study: The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood, ISAAC . Professor Asher is on the Steering Group of the National Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, which selects, collates and disseminates timely and accurate information on the health of children and young people in New Zealand, and is a contributing author of CPAG's cornerstone report Left Behind: How social and income inequalities damage NZ children (2008).
Our Objectives
A child's potential is a terrrible thing to waste.
Child Poverty Action Group is an independent charity working to eliminate child poverty in New Zealand. CPAG works on behalf of the 230,000 New Zealand children whose well-being and future is compromised by their meagre standard of living.
The Latest
Released Jan 2012
CPAG is pleased to release its critique of the Welfare Working Group's Final Report and Recommendations pertaining to the wellbeing of children.
2012 Appeal
The High Court agrees that the In Work Tax Credit discriminates against some of our poorest children.
Yet discrimination continues.
We need your help to stop Government discrimination and take our case to the Court of Appeal.
Our guiding principle, is the right of every child in New Zealand to security, food, shelter, education and healthcare. Child Poverty Action Group