29 Jan 2010
New Zealand once enjoyed a reputation in tax as an international leader. As the Tax Working Group has explained, we have lost that edge. The tax system now falls woefully short on the standard criteria of equity, efficiency and administrative simplicity.
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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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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 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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4 Aug 2009
Child Poverty Action Group urges greater consumer protection to help protect New Zealand's most vulnerable families from shady financial practices.
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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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26 May 2009
Next week the government begins nationwide public consultation around its controversial plans to introduce National Standards into all primary and intermediate schools from 2010. Depending on the form they take and the way they are used, National Standards could be a very damaging development for New Zealand or they could be more useful. The consultation will certainly warrant attention by all concerned with the wellbeing of New Zealand's children and its future prosperity.
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6 Mar 2009
This article summarises and reflects briefly upon the Human Rights Review Tribunal's decision (Dec 08) that the In-Work Tax Credit discriminates against some of the country's poorest children.
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4 Mar 2009
The Domestic Energy Users Network says the key question for analysis of the Emissions Trading Scheme is "will policies increase inequality?" This submission promotes more socially just economic development in response to climate change.
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27 Feb 2009
CPAG's Dr M. Claire Dale representing the Domestic Energy Users' Network told Grey Power this month why energy poverty and cold, damp houses are an urgent concern in this country, and what can be done about them.
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19 Feb 2009
This primer is intended to illustrate the likely economic climate within which Child Poverty Action Group NZ and other NGOs will work over the next twelve months.
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11 Feb 2009
Child Poverty Action Group is bringing a legal case alleging the In-Work Tax Credit discriminates against many of New Zealand’s poorest children.
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22 Dec 2008
The girls down the road, aged about 8 to 12, look well cared for, clean and neatly dressed, if a little ravenous and rough-mannered at times. They're always grateful, though, when you give them food to take home... Never mind the incentivising; it's time to think of the children, says Tapu Misa.
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18 Dec 2008
This decision confirms that real and substantive discrimination exists in the IWTC. The decision is from the Human Rights Review Tribunal. Yet the Tribunal has also decided the discrimination is justified. At least 200 000 of our poorest children are affected.
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17 Dec 2008
CPAG say is imperative that the new government give children in low-income families the support they need during what is likely to be a protracted period of slow growth and unemployment. Those needs include decent, secure housing, financial support and equitable access to health services and education.
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8 Dec 2008
Poverty, the resources parents can bring to their children’s schooling, and the aspirations and expectations held by both parents and their children all count towards achievement at school, says CPAG's Prof. Martin Thrupp
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13 Nov 2008
Dr Susan St John explained CPAG's legal case alleging discrimination in the In-Work Tax Credit, in Auckland, to The Law & Economics Association of New Zealand (LEANZ) with Buddle Findlay. View her presentation here.
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11 Nov 2008
The percentage of city dwellers in potential energy poverty has doubled since 2001. The Domestic Energy Users Network ecommends elimination of energy poverty in New Zealand through a combination of crisis payments to the most vulnerable home energy consumers and fairer electricity and gas tariffs, plus a long-term programme of home energy retrofits.
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29 Oct 2008
Much of the preventable disease in our children is due to the triple jeopardy of poverty, poor housing, and difficulty in accessing primary health care, says Prof. Innes Asher. To this list we can add fragmentation of health services, underfunding, and the legacy of discrimination against Maori. Keynote address to the Paediatric Society of New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting.
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17 Oct 2008
This CPAG submission provides feedback to government on its draft report on progress towards meeting its obligations under the Convention.
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