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6 Nov 2001
If the Strategic and Action Plan document is about public health, it is paradoxical that children are invisible. New Zealand is bound by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to act in the best interests of the child, but this is not possible unless appropriate structures and systems are in place to ensure children are included and visible in `public plan' discussions and decisions.
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31 Oct 2001
Submission to The Ministry of Social Development as contribution to review of The Social Report 2001 Te Purongo Oranga Tangata: indicators of social well-being in New Zealand.
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21 Sep 2001
CPAG is concerned that not enough recognition is given to the issue of financial barriers to access and participation in early childhood education.
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1 Aug 2001
Submission on the interim report of the Tax Review Committee.The opportunity has been missed in the interim report to prioritise children as a matter of urgency in tax design. In summary, CPAG finds many of the directions that are signalled in the interim report are adverse for families and children.
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21 Jul 2001
Submission to the Ministry of Social Policy regarding their consultation paper The Agenda for Children.
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30 Apr 2001
CPAG considers that gambling should be regulated from a community health perspective. The overriding principle must be to maximise the health of and minimise the harm to, the community. The generation of funds for community organisations or for entertainment or for local economic development must be secondary concerns.
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16 Mar 2001
CPAG believes impacts on the well-being of children and low income families must be given a higher priority in all macropolicy decision making (CPAG, 2001). Nowhere is this more important than in the case of the tax and benefit systems. This tax review gives the New Zealand government an opportunity to commit to social goals in tax design that prioritise our children as a matter of urgency.
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1 Jan 2001
CPAG supports the general thrust of the bill. Tthe 1991 change in housing policy has had a serious and detrimental impact on the wellbeing of many New Zealand children.
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1 Jan 2001
Submission from CPAG on the draft report on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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