Kiwiscammer? Donna Wynd examines the Kiwi Saver proposal and asks who will it really benefit?
The Budget Speech I hope to hear. Dr Susan St John gives the Budget Speech she would like to hear in 2007
Unicef Report Card on Child Wellbeing Dr Nikki Turner writes on the effects on health of decades of neglect of New Zealand children
John Key: The real Kiwi Way, or the 1990s in drag? Comment on the 2007 State of the Nation Speech
Education's 'inconvenient truth': persistent middle class advantage Professor Martin Thrupp gives his inaugural lecture
Unicef Innocenti Report. Media Coverage
Inflation trends, where is our money going
Closing the door to hope Anne Else
Social Stigma makes parenting that much harder. Christine Todd
Children still left behind despite $4.5 billion spend. Susan St John
Reaping the rewards of wholesale indifference. Alan Johnson
Landmark legal case challenges discriminatory In-Work Tax Credit A Summary of Child Poverty Action's Legal Case
Our Objectives
A child's potential is a terrrible thing to waste.
Child Poverty Action Group is an independent charity working to eliminate child poverty in New Zealand. CPAG works on behalf of the 230,000 New Zealand children whose well-being and future is compromised by their meagre standard of living.
The Latest
Released Jan 2012
CPAG is pleased to release its critique of the Welfare Working Group's Final Report and Recommendations pertaining to the wellbeing of children.
2012 Appeal
The High Court agrees that the In Work Tax Credit discriminates against some of our poorest children.
Yet discrimination continues.
We need your help to stop Government discrimination and take our case to the Court of Appeal.
Our guiding principle, is the right of every child in New Zealand to security, food, shelter, education and healthcare. Child Poverty Action Group