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Election 1996 - An analysis of party policies as they affect children

1 Oct 1996
Dr. Dorothy Howie's analysis of the policies of the political parties drawing on the principles spelled out within the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which New Zealand is a signatory.
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Targeting and housing for low income families

30 Sep 1996
Housing is fundamental to the well being of children. Unless children have stable, warm dry shelter, improving other aspects of income support for families will simply tinker around the edges.This backgrounder outlines the nature of the housing crisis.
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Targeting and the community services card

30 Jul 1996
Child Poverty Action is very concerned about the current operation of the Community Services Card (CSC) and the impact on child health.
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Targeting and independent family tax credit

30 May 1996
At a major conference on the effects of poverty on children held recently in Auckland, health professionals and housing agencies described an alarming scale of child deprivation in New Zealand. If child poverty can be so endemic during an economic recovery, it is more than time to question the direction of social policy.
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