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28 Jul 2010
What work counts? asks whether work incentives really improve the wellbeing of sole parents and children. It finds that despite the prevailing philosophy that work is the way out of poverty, children are at risk economically from being dependent on a volatile labour market for sufficient income. The Executive Summary is here.
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28 Apr 2008
Edited by Dr Susan St John and Donna Wynd, and written by a range of experts this report outlines how increasing inequalities are harmful to children and society at large - and what to do about it. Download the report here, or write to admin@cpag.org.nz to request a copy (~180pages). Suggested purchase price is $25 - for those able to afford it. Most important is that our information gets to where it needs to go!
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30 Sep 2006
Susan St John asks in an article for the European Journal of Social Security whether work incentives are the answer to the question of how best to financially assist families. Cover only; apply to Journal for copy of article or CPAG for more info.
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12 May 2006
A chapter in the new Otago University Press publication
"Health inequalities and need in Aotearoa New Zealand", by Dr Susan St John, CPAG family incomes spokesperson.
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15 Aug 2005
Child Poverty Action Group's latest report presents a picture of widespread food insecurity (where food runs out sometimes or often, due to lack of money) in our food-producing nation. However the report says an adequate, nutritious diet can reverse most of the harm this causes to children's health and development. It recommends at the very least, the introduction of quality breakfast programmes in decile one to three schools.
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1 Aug 2005
Mike O'Brien reviews compulsory work policies and their effects on children, in CPAG's first-ever working paper in a technical series.
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14 Nov 2004
In CPAG's incomes monograph Susan St John and David Craig ask whether the 'Working for Families' package works for children.
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30 Sep 2003
In-depth analysis of the background and consequences of the housing reforms of the 1990s in New Zealand.
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30 Mar 2003
The first official publication of the Child Poverty Action Group, Our Children: The Priority for Policy, was published in early 2001. This new edition updates Our Children and reflects on the events and progress of the past two years.
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10 Feb 2003
The findings of in-depth interviews with 11 low decile schools about the impact NCEA exam fees had on their students. While there was unanimous support amongst schools for the NCEA as a national qualification, the report concludes that many students in the poorest areas were disadvantaged and discouraged from completing the cornerstone qualification because of the high levels of fees.
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5 Feb 2003
A report prepared by housing expert Alan Johnson, on the scale of transience in South Auckland, one of the poorest areas of New Zealand.The results of the survey suggest that in South Auckland the equivalent to a middle sized New Zealand primary school shifts every week of the school year. This impacts on almost a third of all low decile school children.
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