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21 Dec 2009
New Zealand, like most other western and non western countries, has an abysmal record when it comes to achieving successful educational outcomes for children of the poor.
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13 Dec 2009
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7 Dec 2009
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30 Nov 2009
Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act
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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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17 Nov 2009
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says the ReStart package has been a puny response to the effects of the recession. Whatever the intention of the package, it has not protected children.
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5 Nov 2009
Read CPAG's submission to the Auckland City Council's review of gambling policy. CPAG argues that, at a minimum, the Council's "sinking lid" policy on gaming machines should be retained.
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2 Nov 2009
New Zealand has worse rates of pneumonia amongst children than other OECD countries. CPAG says the government must act to prevent pneumonia now.
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29 Oct 2009
Child Poverty Action Group says that despite the positive spin in the Ministry of Social DevelopmentâÂÂs 2009 Social Report, all is far from rosy.
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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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2 Sep 2009
The June Household Labour Force Survey showed unemployment has increased to 6%. Claire Dale and Donna Wynd take a closer look at the numbers.
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19 Aug 2009
The TV3 telethon to raise funds for KidsCan's work with children raises, yet again, the critical issue of child poverty and what should be done to get rid of what has been described as "the scourge of the modern times".
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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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22 Jul 2009
Child Poverty Action Group is alarmed at a government report showing that in 2008 one in six New Zealand children still lived in a household below the very lowest poverty lines.
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22 Jul 2009
In-Work Tax Credit does not fulfill its anti-child poverty role. Susan St John and Claire Dale ask if it can be justified as an in-work benefit. The answer is no, suggesting the IWTC is a hugely expensive ( $ 0.5 Billion pa), ineffective labour market tool that has had unfortunate consequences for the poorest children in New Zealand. The cost for every sole parent who got work is over $250,000, rising to infinity as those jobs disappear rapidly in the recession.
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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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3 Jul 2009
Following Dr Susan St John's concern's about moving to an American-style charitable model, John Minto argues the taxpayer looks set to foot the bill to increase the inequality gap.
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1 Jul 2009
The Health Research Council has given $810,000 to fund research into the benefits of feeding children breakfast. Child Poverty Action Group asks if this is a wise use of the money.
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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 yearâs 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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16 Apr 2009
Later this year there will be a referendum that attempts to overturn the amendment to Section 59 of the Crimes Act removing the defence of reasonable force for hitting a child. Our children deserve the same legal protection as adults. Here's how you can help.
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8 Apr 2009
In the wake of John Key's suggestion that the better-off give their tax cuts to charity, Susan St John has some concerns about its implications.
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19 Mar 2009
The profound unfairness of the government's tax cuts for those on higher incomes needs to be addressed in a way that is more certain and more equitable than simply urging people to donate to charity, says CPAG.
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9 Feb 2009
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has called on the government to reconsider its decision to allow schools to sell junk food.
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