12 Feb 2010
The Salvation Army's latest report "The Road to Recovery" highlights that 12% more children are living in workless households now than just 2 years ago. Child Poverty Action Group calls on the government to recognise this growing problem and move to better support families out of work.
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29 Jan 2010
Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed the release of the Ministry of Social Development's first results of the 2008 Living Standards survey. The report goes beyond income data to measure people's wellbeing by looking at what they can and cannot afford.
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25 Nov 2009
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is urging the government to heed the findings of health researchers who have highlighted the dangers of worsening children's health in the recession.
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18 Nov 2009
CPAG endorse the views of New Zealand's leading pediatricians who have highlighted our shameful neglect of children
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8 Sep 2009
With an overall ranking of 29th out of 30 countries, New Zealand's lack of investment in its youngest citizens is a national embarrassment
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8 Sep 2009
Whangarei's Manaia PHO has announced it is reducing the cost of children's visits from $15 down to $5. CPAG's Innes Asher challenges other primary care providers to do the same.
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31 Jul 2009
Some recent reports have suggested that beneficiaries are better off today than they were in 1993. Child Poverty Action Group says the figures used to back this up are highly misleading, and the real picture is much less rosy.
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9 Jul 2009
Child Poverty Action Group has welcomed the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services' Vulnerability Report to monitor the effects of the recession on children.
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9 Jul 2009
Dr Steve Poletti gives a global view of the 2009 Budget and comments on what it means for New Zealand's children
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7 Jul 2009
Child Poverty Action Group has urged the Minister of Health, Tony Ryall, to keep the fruit in schools programme running. The wellbeing of 100,000 children and their families must be the top priority, not saving a modest amount in administration costs.
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7 Jul 2009
The Human Rights Commission has released a legal opinion on the upcoming smacking referendum.
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7 Jul 2009
Ministry of Health outlines how the health-promoting schools programme has improved the lives of children and their community.
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7 Jul 2009
John Minto argues that stopping Fruit in Schools would further disadvantage children in low-decile schools
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30 Jun 2009
DUEN position paper on electricity prices
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26 Jun 2009
Child Poverty Action Group is asking the government to put children at the centre of its policies as unemployment puts greater stress on families.
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26 May 2009
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is urging the Government to give children the attention they deserve in this year’s Budget.
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26 May 2009
Since the election of the new government, child poverty has become invisible. We must recognise that poverty is more damaging for young children than for any other age group. We need urgent action to reduce the effect of the recession on children. We must continue to measure and monitor poverty to deal with it equitably and effectively.
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13 May 2009
Child Poverty Action Group is alarmed at the appointment of Christine Rankin to the Families Commission.
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13 May 2009
Child Poverty Action group has welcomed the new Families Commission report that emphasises the importance of caring and nurturing required for all children to meet their potential.
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16 Apr 2009
Beneficiaries look set to miss out on an election promise to raise the limit of how much they earn before abatement from $80 to $100 per week. CPAG says this hardly seems like an equitable way to share the pain of the recession.
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