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Poverty and Child Health

Student Loan Scheme

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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. 

Read our objectives here

The Latest

Released 2 April 2012:

Empty Food Baskets: Food Poverty in Whangarei

The results of this research show a frightening picture for too many children in Whangarei. In a country that has long been a major food producer it is scandalous that so many report going without food in order to make ends meet. The fact that this is the experience of so many New Zealand children makes the scandal even worse.

Read more here

'Inside Child Poverty' DVD

Get your copy of Bryan Bruce's award-winning documentary:'Inside Child Poverty in New Zealand"

"Outstanding. The most significant piece of New Zealand Television in years"
- Radio New Zealand TV Reviewer Simon Wilson.

Copies are $30 each plus $2 P&P.  Please contact admin@cpag.org.nz to get your copy today

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Our guiding principle, is the right of every child in New Zealand to security, food, shelter, education and healthcare. Child Poverty Action Group