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10 Dec 2007
Most of us do care about children in need, writes John Minto in the Press, but not yet enough to demand the changes needed to give all kids a fair go.
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29 Nov 2007
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has expressed relief today at the cancellation of plans to give $100 vouchers to new mothers who leave hospital early. CPAG spokesperson Dr Susan St John agrees with criticism that use of the voucher would have been coercion of those with the greatest need.
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26 Nov 2007
Paediatric Societyâs latest report shows alarming child health trends due to poverty, but says they can be fixed with the right policies.
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6 Nov 2007
View CPAG's 2008 calendar, now for sale for $27 + p & p. Note this is a large file approx 2Mb.
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17 Oct 2007
On Anti-Poverty Day 2007 CPAG asks the government to remember its promise to eliminate child poverty in NZ, calling for action to boost support for the poorest.
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16 Jul 2007
An important new government report shows two key trends in family income poverty, in the two decades to 2004. CPAG says increased government investment is essential, because relying on improved economic conditions alone is not sufficient to reduce poverty for the poorest children.
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10 Jul 2007
Four stunning designs by talented young artists make up CPAG's first-ever collection of greeting cards. View designs here; order a pack of 12 from admin@cpag.org.nz for $15 + $5 p&p.
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11 Jun 2007
Dr Susan St John and Dr Louise Humpage warn against a new Bill set to throw out goals that NZ has long embraced: of eliminating poverty and ensuring participation for all citizens.
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6 Jun 2007
Child Poverty Action Group strongly supports proposals to improve regulation of electricity provision for vulnerable families with young children, and congratulates Prime Minister Helen Clark for taking a strong stance with power companies.
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17 May 2007
Dr Susan St John shows how measures to lift children out of poverty could have taken top priority in Budget 07 - as published in the NZ Herald.
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24 Apr 2007
CPAG is calling for supporters to write a letter (or two!) to the Finance Minister, MPs and media, in support of greater Budget generosity to the country's poorest families.
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24 Apr 2007
Nau mai, haere mai! You are invited to hear expert speakers discuss Dr Cullen's latest Budget at the Seventh Annual CPAG Post-Budget Breakfast in Auckland on Fri May 18th, 7:30am.
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13 Apr 2007
In today's NZ Herald CPAG's Susan St John and Steve Poletti urge changes to the family assistance system to fulfill its two roles: adjusting tax rates to fairly reflect the numbers of children a family's income has to support, and ensuring that even the worst-off have an adequate income for investing in their childrenâs future.
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3 Apr 2007
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) joins with other organisations concerned with protecting children in fully supporting the Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Bill. Passage of the Bill will have the vital effect of removing a provision in law which for far too long has been used as a defence by people who seriously assault their children, the group says.
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31 Mar 2007
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has welcomed this weekendâs increase in family support payments, up by $10 per week per child. The group says that adequate, secure income protection for families with children â which doesnât suddenly dry up when parents canât work â is proven to be the best way for all of us to help keep children free of poverty and its many consequences.
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21 Mar 2007
Significant changes to New Zealand's welfare system are going unnoticed and unchallenged, according to social policy experts at The University of Auckland. Speakers from CPAG, the disability sector, welfare advocates, local government and leading academics from New Zealand and overseas will present this week at a University forum.
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3 Mar 2007
CPAG says that this month's planned changes to the names of family assistance payments are a recipe for chaos - and will only make it harder for families to access much-needed support.
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28 Feb 2007
Leah Haines writes in the Herald on Sunday of the hope and luck that enabled her family to climb the ladder out of the welfare system.
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28 Feb 2007
The recent report from Unicef on child wellbeing in rich countries tells an old story - a story of damage from decades of neglect of New Zealand's youngest citizens.
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16 Feb 2007
CPAG has welcomed the government's announcement this week of an increase in payments to support children who do not live with their parents.
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14 Feb 2007
A Unicef report released today places NZ second to last for child health and safety. CPAG health spokesperson Dr Nikki Turner says the roots of the problem lie in deprivation and growing inequality.
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6 Feb 2007
We will know that all children are truly valued in our society when the voices demanding better income protection for our poorest families become louder than the voices calling for the legal reinstatement of corporal punishment, CPAG says.
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