Children’s Advocacy Community United in Calling for a Strong and Enduring Response to Reducing Poverty

New Zealand’s children’s advocacy community agrees that the time is now to create a strong, enduring and non-partisan commitment to reducing child ...

A New Zealand Where All Children Can Flourish: Briefing to Incoming Ministers

We can expect to see some immediate improvements to income support through Working for Families, as Labour has indicated in an agreement with the ...

Education priorities for a New Zealand where all children can flourish

It is crucial that that the education system is resourced adequately so that children from all socioeconomic backgrounds can flourish.

Every Child’s Right to a Healthy Home

Families are living in substandard housing that is causing alarming rates of illness, particularly among young children, and many do not have a home ...

Summit 2017: Beyond Social Investment

Building on the 2016 event, this Summit will focus on the Government’s proclaimed ‘social investment approach’ to welfare reform.

Parental Income Test Needs Urgent Attention

“It is worrying that so many are in hardship and that is impacting negatively on their education.”

Policy Priorities for Supporting Family Incomes

The upcoming election provides an opportunity for all political parties to put the wellbeing of all New Zealand’s children at the centre of their ...

Priorities for Health Policy

CPAG believes it is possible to halve the number of these hospital admissions, and in addition reduce the chances of preventable illness harming our ...