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Phil Houghton 28/05/2026 Phil Houghton 28/05/2026

Budget 2026 doesn’t move the dial on child poverty rates

Phil Houghton 24/03/2026 Phil Houghton 24/03/2026

Where is the support for benefit-dependent households?

Phil Houghton 26/02/2026 Phil Houghton 26/02/2026

Child material hardship rates climb to 10-year high

Phil Houghton 16/02/2026 Phil Houghton 16/02/2026

Ohi Data Navigator Relaunched to Put Youth Data in the Hands of Communities

Phil Houghton 03/02/2026 Phil Houghton 03/02/2026

Our submission on the Budget Policy Statement 2026

Phil Houghton 20/01/2026 Phil Houghton 20/01/2026

Revealed: PM’s office received no advice that there are jobs for young people

Phil Houghton 16/01/2026 Phil Houghton 16/01/2026

CPAG concerned over changes in how child poverty is measured

Phil Houghton 11/12/2025 Phil Houghton 11/12/2025

Mana Āki report offers critical insight into poverty in NZ

Phil Houghton 24/11/2025 Phil Houghton 24/11/2025

Open Letter: Bin the Ban - we want stable homes and support for unhoused whānau

Phil Houghton 04/11/2025 Phil Houghton 04/11/2025

CPAG stands with Kelston Boys amid attempted charter school takeover

Phil Houghton 17/10/2025 Phil Houghton 17/10/2025

End Benefit Sanctions to Give Families a Fair Chance

Phil Houghton 07/10/2025 Phil Houghton 07/10/2025

CPAG research review urges Government to address structural problems in education, work and income policy rather than punishing 18–19-year-olds.

Phil Houghton 07/10/2025 Phil Houghton 07/10/2025

Children Can’t Eat a Promise: Rethinking the Education-to-Employment “Silver Spoon”

Phil Houghton 26/09/2025 Phil Houghton 26/09/2025

Social investment: Round 1: Government Wins, Children in Poverty Lose

Phil Houghton 18/08/2025 Phil Houghton 18/08/2025

Estimating the Additional Income Needed to Address Higher Deprivation Levels of Children in Households with Disabled People

Phil Houghton 31/07/2025 Phil Houghton 31/07/2025

Alex's employment pays $6.07 per hour

Phil Houghton 21/07/2025 Phil Houghton 21/07/2025

Families below the Income Floor face growing crisis – new research

Phil Houghton 11/07/2025 Phil Houghton 11/07/2025

Cost pressure and saving money does not bode well for IDI and annual survey replacing the Census.

Phil Houghton 10/07/2025 Phil Houghton 10/07/2025

If we don't count, we can't help: How ending the census obscures poverty

With the Census scrapped, what’s the plan for counting those who are homeless, marginalised, or who simply have no means to access the system?

Phil Houghton 23/06/2025 Phil Houghton 23/06/2025

Social investment is not the solution to ending child poverty in Aotearoa