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Urgent action needed on loan sharking.

19 Dec 2004
Global Peace and Justice Auckland has written to the Minister of Finance Michael Cullen urging him to step in and curb the activities of loan sharks operating in low income communities of New Zealand.
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CPAG Responds To PM's Comments On Working For Families Report

18 Nov 2004
CPAG analyses Prime Minister Helen Clark's brief calculations with her "pocket calculator" on the Working for Families (WFF) package and finds them lacking.
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QPEC welcomes Cut Price Kids report

15 Nov 2004
QPEC welcomes the Child Poverty Action Group's report which outlines the minimal changes the government's 2004 budget package will bring for many families.
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Paediatric Society's response to Cut Price Kids

14 Nov 2004
The Paediatric Society of New Zealand supports the recommendations of the CPAG report. "The public of New Zealand need to say to our government today - We want all New Zealand children out of poverty by 2010," said Dr Nick Baker, President of the Paediatric Society.
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Working for children?

14 Nov 2004
Does the ‘Working for Families’ budget work for children? asks the Wellington Branch of CPAG. The latest major publication from Child Poverty Action Group, Cut Price Kids, poses the question and gives the Budget package the thumbs down.
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Working for Families package fails NZ's poorest children

14 Nov 2004
CPAG launches its latest major report: "CUT PRICE KIDS: Does the 2004 `Working for Families' Budget Work for Children?" by Susan St John & David Craig. The report finds that in its present form, the Budget 04 package will "entrench an underclass even further by leaving the most vulnerable behind."
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Gambling—serious public health issue or essential prop for schools?

17 Sep 2004
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is deeply concerned by a recent Council for Education report which confirmed state schools’ increasing reliance on pokie profits.
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Budget May ’04: Sunday Star-Times Articles

28 May 2004
Articles run by the Sunday Star-Times discussing children's issues in the lead-up to the Budget.
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May 2004 - Herald Articles on child poverty issues

28 May 2004
Articles run by The NZ Herald discussing children's issues in the lead-up to the 2004 Budget.
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Child Advocates' budget expectations

25 May 2004
Child Poverty Action Group is welcoming the Government’s indications that changes to child-related assistance in this year’s Budget will be significant, but says that any changes will need to be seen as the first steps to recovering families’ economic health, rather than the last steps.
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NCEA report calls for exam fees to be scrapped

18 Feb 2004
Some high school students are still missing out on sitting their NCEA exams because they can’t afford the fees of up to $150, says a new report commissioned by the Child Poverty Action Group.
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