Incomes, Child Poverty

Tax Policy, Incomes

Publications

Child Poverty Action Group publishes reports on topics relating to the wellbeing of children. These can be downloaded here at no charge.

2023 Policy Brief on Relationship Income Rules

2023 Policy Brief on Benefit Adequacy

2023 Policy Brief on Working for Families

Submission: On Buy-Now, Pay-Later products

Australia and NZ tax credits for children. A 5-year comparison: July 2018- July 2023 - Part 2 of ...

The First Year of Covid-19: Initial outcomes of our collective care for low-income children in ...

2020 Briefing to the Incoming Minister: Income Support

Income Support in the Wake of COVID-19: Survey

Sheltering Our Children From COVID-19 Fallout: New Zealand Must Raise Incomes for the Financially ...

Our policy priorities to reduce child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand: Income Support

Family tax credits: Do children get the support in New Zealand that they would get in Australia?

The effects of 2020/21 income support changes on After Housing Costs (AHC) incomes for ...

Briefing on reform of the In-Work Tax Credit

National’s family incomes support policy: A new paradigm shift or more of the same?

Submission on the Retirement Income Review 2019

Submission on the Credit Contracts Legislation Amendment Bill

Nga Tangata Microfinance Submission to the CCCFA on the Review of Consumer Credit Regulation

Will Children get the help they need? An Analysis of effectiveness of policies for Children in the ...

Progressive universalisation of Working for Families: Policy measures for the Children in the worst ...

Submission to the Tax Working Group: Taking a Child-focused lens to tax

Priorities for supporting family incomes

Supporting family incomes in New Zealand and Australia

A New Zealand where all Children can flourish: Priorities for family income support

Working for Families Tax Credits

Children and the Living Wage

Submission on Making Tax Simpler

Fix Working for Families Campaign: Part Two Summary

Working For Families: problems, causes and solutions backgrounder

Fix Working for Families Campaign: Part One Summary

Oz just does it better: A comparison between Australian and New Zealand family Tax Credits

CPAG Fix Working for Families Campaign - FAQ

Comment and Discussion on Exposure Draft for Working For Families Tax Credit

Comment and discussion on Exposure draft for Working for Familes Tax Credit

Submission: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave and Work Contact ...

Submission: Household living-costs price indexes – public consultation

Submission from Child Poverty Action Group on increasing the minimum wage in 2015

Reflections on the Budget 2015 Child Hardship Package

A step change for Children: Fix Working for Families

Community Speaker Comments: Our Children Our Choice: Priorities for Policy Wellington Launch: ...

Community Speaker Comments: Our Children Our Choice: Priorities for Policy Wellington Launch: ...

Our Children Our Choice: Priorities for Policy Auckland Launch: Speech by Associate Professor Susan ...

Child Poverty Action Group v Attorney General - what did we gain?

New Zealand's Debt Society and Child poverty

New Zealand must invest in all new-borns

CPAG Court of Appeal Decision

CPAG's submission to the 18th Session of the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review

Preventing, Mitigating or Solving Child Income Poverty? The Expert Advisory Group 2012 report

Court of Appeal Hearing 28-29 May 2013: Opening Statement by CPAG’s Senior Counsel, Frances ...

CPAG Court of Appeal: Submission of the Human Rights Commission as Intervener

CPAG Court of Appeal: Submissions of Appellant in Reply to Cross Appeal

CPAG Court of Appeal: Appellant's Chronology

CPAG Court of Appeal: Submissions for the Appellant

The December 2012 Household Labour Force Survey: Comment

What Work Counts? Work incentives and sole parent families, 2010

Workfare: Not Fair for Kids? 2005

Left behind: How social and income inequality damage New Zealand children, 2008

CPAG Court of Appeal Fee Waiver

Court of Appeal decision to grant CPAG special leave to appeal the High Court decision

Our Children: Priority for Policy CPAG 2003

Dopey or what?

Submission: Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill

Submission: Child Support Amendment Bill

The In Work Tax Credit in Practice: A reality check for the IRD

Submission on Credit Law Exposure Draft

Court of Appeal decision to grant CPAG special leave to appeal the High Court decision

The Ten Myths of the 'In Work Tax Credit'

CPAG's Human Rights Case: Wider Implications for a Democratic Society

Comment on economic data going into the election

Punitive policies punishing families

Child poverty and Child rights meet active citizenship: A New Zealand and Sweden case study

Submission: Taxation (Income-sharing Tax Credit) Bill

The parallel universe of the Welfare Working Group

The December 2010 Household Labour Force Survey: Comment

Paid Parental Leave in New Zealand: catching up with Australia?*

What work counts? Work incentives and sole parent families

Submission: Holidays Amendment Bill

Child Support: a summary and comparison of legislation and policy in New Zealand and Australia

Interim Comments on Supporting Children Project