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We work to protect children from needless poverty, because a child's potential is a terrible thing to waste. Please join us and help eliminate child poverty in New Zealand.
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Our Objectives
A child's potential is a terrible 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
Myths and Facts: Sole Parents and the DPB
This report challenges common myths about beneficiaries, particularly sole parents on the DPB. These myths circulate every day in political speeches, newspapers and on talk-back radio. They mold public attitudes but do not give an accurate picture at all.
Published March 2013
Post-Budget Breakfasts
Friday 17 May - 7.15am-8.45am
Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.
Each year CPAG provides child-focused analyses and commentary of the year's budget and how it affects children and young people, especially our most vulnerable.
Please join us for breakfast, excellent speakers and a Q&A session.
Tickets: Waged $20, Unwaged $10
Our guiding principle, is the right of every child in New Zealand to security, food, shelter, education and healthcare. Child Poverty Action Group