Submissions
Child Poverty Action Group Submissions
CPAG regularily makes submissions to local and central government on a wide variety of issues which impact on children and child poverty
Child Poverty Action Group Submissions
CPAG regularily makes submissions to local and central government on a wide variety of issues which impact on children and child poverty.
Latest Submission: Charter Schools January 2013
2013
Charter Schools Submission: Education Amendment Bill (no.4) (Jan 2013)
2012
Social Security Amendment Bill (Benefit Categories & Work Focus) Submission (November 2012)
Expert Advisory Group on Child Poverty (October 2012)
Expert Advisory Group on Child Povety - Whangarei submission (October 2012)
Gambling (Gambling Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill (June 2012)
Child Support Amendment Bill (June 2012)
Submission on Credit Law Exposure Draft - Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill (May 2012)
Inquiry into preventing child abuse and improving children's health outcomes (May 2012)
Social Assistance (Future Focus) Bill (April 2012)
Inquiry into the determinants of wellbeing for Maori children (March 2012)
Green Paper on Vulnerable Children (Feb 2012)
Review the Family Court - A public consultation paper (Feb 2012)
2011
Income Splitting Taxation (Income Sharing Tax Credit) Bill
Early Childhood Education Task Force
2010
Welfare Working Group Issues Paper
Alternative Welfare Working Group.
Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill
Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places)Bill
Income splitting submission to IRD.
Welfare Working Group. Options Paper
Social Assistance, Future Focus
Local Government (Auckland law Reform) Bill
2009
Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act
Auckland City Council Gambling Policy Review
Law Reform Commission. Alcohol in our Lives
Submission on Emissions Trading Scheme Review, 27 Feb 2009
2008
United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child Consultation
Sale of Liquor (Amendment) Bill
Consultations Financial Advisors Bill
Financial Service Providors(registration and dispute resolution Bill)
2007
Manukau City Council Gambling venue and racing board venue policy.
Commerce Select Committee Inquiry into housing affordability
Social Security Amendment Bill
Financial Products and Providers
Presentation to Inquiry on Obesity
Review of the Accommodation Supplement
Corrections (Mothers with Babies) Amendment Bill
2005
Social Security(Social Assistance) Amendment Bill
2004
New Zealand's Housing Strategy
2003
2001
Gaming Review Team Department of Internal Affairs
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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.
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This report challenges common myths about beneficiaries, particularly sole parents on the DPB. These myths circulate every day in political speeches, newspapers and on talk-back radio. They mold public attitudes but do not give an accurate picture at all.
Published March 2013
Post-Budget Breakfasts
Friday 17 May - 7.15am-8.45am
Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.
Each year CPAG provides child-focused analyses and commentary of the year's budget and how it affects children and young people, especially our most vulnerable.
Please join us for breakfast, excellent speakers and a Q&A session.
Tickets: Waged $20, Unwaged $10
Our guiding principle, is the right of every child in New Zealand to security, food, shelter, education and healthcare. Child Poverty Action Group