Publications

Housing, WEAG, Welfare System

May, 2024

A review of Kāinga Ora’s financial position

May, 2024

Commentary on 2022/23 Child Poverty Statistics Released in Feburary 2024

Mar, 2024

A People's Review of Kainga Ora: In Defense of Public Housing

Mar, 2024

Letter to Minister for Disability Issues Penny Simmonds (March 2024)

Feb, 2024

Overloaded and Overlooked: Investigating How Poverty Drives School Students into Paid Work

Dec, 2023

CPAG lens on UNICEF 'Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth' report

Child Poverty

Nov, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Structuring Tax Policy to achieve equitable and efficient outcomes

Tax Policy, Policy Brief

Sep, 2023

CPAG’s Position on Electricity Authority’s Consumer Care Guidelines Consultation Paper

Housing, Child Poverty

Aug, 2023

Rental research: a more transparent and reliable measure of rental affordability

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Social Housing

Housing, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on School Funding

Education, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Relationship Income Rules

Incomes, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Pacific Child Health

Health, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Māori Child Health

Health, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Healthcare Access

Health, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Food Security

Food Security, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Early Childhood Care & Education

Education, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Disability Support

Policy Brief, Disability

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Benefit Adequacy

Incomes, Policy Brief

Jun, 2023

2023 Policy Brief on Working for Families

Policy Brief, Incomes

May, 2023

CPAG Budget Analysis - 18 May 2023

2023 CPAG Budget analysis

May, 2023

Modelling income adequacy for those on Benefits

Welfare System

Modelling income adequacy for those on Benefits

Apr, 2023

Are the rights of children experiencing poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand being observed?

Child poverty (broad)

Are the rights of children experiencing poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand being observed?

Apr, 2023

Submission: Child Support (Pass On) Amendment Bill

Welfare System

Submission: Child Support (Pass On) Amendment Bill

Mar, 2023

A Review of Law and Policy of Child Poverty Reduction from 2018 to 2022

Child poverty (broad)

A Review of Law and Policy of Child Poverty Reduction from 2018 to 2022

Dec, 2022

Insights from the MSD Child Poverty Report 2022

Welfare System

Insights from the MSD Child Poverty Report 2022

Sep, 2022

Submission: Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill

Media

Submission: Aotearoa NZ Publica Media Bill

Jul, 2022

Submission: Child Poverty Related Indicators

Social Hazards, Food Security

Submission: Child Poverty Related Indicators

May, 2022

Improving the Child Poverty Reduction Framework

Child poverty (broad)

May, 2022

Children in poverty still lack a secure future

Feedback: Amending New Zealand’s Social Security Act 2018: Foundation for Change engagement programme feedback

Apr, 2022

Feedback: Amending New Zealand’s Social Security Act 2018: Foundation for Change engagement ...

Welfare System

Feb, 2022

Submission: On A New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme

Welfare System

Submission: On A New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme

Jan, 2022

Submission: Budget Policy Statement 2021 (Budget 2022)

Budget

Submission: Budget Policy Statement 2021 (Budget 2022)

Jan, 2022

Submission: On the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission ...

Child Protection

Submission: On the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission Bill

Jan, 2022

Joint Children’s Sector Submission to the Social Services and Community Select Committee: Oversight ...

Child Protection

"Joint Children’s Sector Submission to the Social Services and Community Select Committee: Oversight of the Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill"

Jan, 2022

Submission: On the Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Welfare System, Health

Submission: On the Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Dec, 2021

Children Can't Live On Promises: A 2021 Stocktake of Implementation of the Welfare Expert Advisory ...

WEAG, Welfare System

Children Can't Live On Promises: A 2021 Stocktake of Implementation of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group's 2019 Recommendations

Dec, 2021

Submission: On Buy-Now, Pay-Later products

Incomes

Submission: On Buy-Now, Pay-Later products

Nov, 2021

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

Incomes

Australia and NZ tax credits for children. A 5-year comparison: July 2018- July 2023 - Part 2 of the Rethinking Income Support for Children series

Sep, 2021

Submission: Inquiry into school attendance

Education

Submission: Inquiry into school attendance

Aug, 2021

The Fair Economic Return tax - a summary

Tax Policy

The Fair Economic Return tax - a summary

Aug, 2021

Submission: Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into the Drivers of Persistent Disadvantage - Terms ...

Child Poverty

Submission: Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into the Drivers of Persistent Disadvantage - Terms of Reference

Aug, 2021

The Stories of Kathryn and her Daughters

Welfare System

The Stories of Kathryn and her Daughters

Jul, 2021

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

Incomes, Child Poverty

Word Doc

Social Unemployment Insurance: Concerns From Equity And Anti-Poverty Perspectives

Jun, 2021

Social Unemployment Insurance: Concerns From Equity And Anti-Poverty Perspectives

Welfare System

Jun, 2021

Reducing Child Poverty in Aotearoa: Are we there yet?

Health

Reducing Child Poverty in Aotearoa: Are we there yet?

Jun, 2021

Submission: On the Inquiry into Supplementary Order Paper No. 38 on the Health (Fluoridation of ...

Health

Submission: On the Inquiry into Supplementary Order Paper No. 38 on the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill 2021

May, 2021

Budget Analysis 2021

Budget

Ensuring Adequate Indexation of Working for Families - Part 1 of the Rethinking Income Support for Children series

May, 2021

Ensuring Adequate Indexation of Working for Families - Part 1 of the Rethinking Income Support for ...

Welfare System

May, 2021

Where will we live in the future?: Research into the Unmet Housing Needs of People with ...

Housing, Disability

Where will we live in the future?: Research into the Unmet Housing Needs of People with Disabilities, their Family and Whānau

May, 2021

Submission: On the removal of the Subsequent Child Policy 2021

Mar, 2021

Submission: On the Budget Policy Statement 2021 - Oral

Budget

Submission: On the Budget Policy Statement 2021 (Word Doc) - Oral

Submission: On the Budget Policy Statement 2021 - Ora

Mar, 2021

Submission: On the Budget Policy Statement 2021 - Written

Budget

Submission: On the Budget Policy Statement 2021 - Written

Feb, 2021

Submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bill

Housing

Submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bill

Jan, 2021

2021 Briefing to the Incoming Minister: Health

Child poverty (broad), Health

2021 Briefing to the Incoming Minister: Health

Jan, 2021

2021 Briefing to the Incoming Minister: Housing

Child poverty (broad), Housing

2021 Briefing to the Incoming Minister: Housing

Dec, 2020

2020 Briefing to the Incoming Minister: Income Support

Incomes

2020 Briefing to the Incoming Minister: Income Support

Nov, 2020

What Happened to ‘Welfare Overhaul’? A Stocktake of Implementation of the Welfare Expert Advisory ...

Welfare System, WEAG

What Happened to ‘Welfare Overhaul’? A Stocktake of Implementation of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group’s 2019 Recommendations

Oct, 2020

Income Support in the Wake of COVID-19: Survey

Incomes

Income Support in the Wake of COVID-19: Survey

Sep, 2020

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

Incomes

Sep, 2020

‘Living well’? Children with disability need far greater income support in Aotearoa

Health, Disability

‘Living well’? Children with disability need far greater income support in Aotearoa (Large Print)

‘Living well’? Children with disability need far greater income support in Aotearoa

Aug, 2020

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

Housing

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

Jul, 2020

Investing in Children? Privatisation and Early Childhood Education and Care in Aotearoa New Zealand

Education

Jul, 2020

Our policy priorities to reduce child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand: Health and Disability

Health, Disability

Our policy priorities to reduce child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand: Health and Disability

Jul, 2020

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

Incomes

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

Jul, 2020

Challenging the ‘old normal Privatisation in Aotearoa’s early childhood care and Education sector

Education

Jun, 2020

We can build the Zero Hunger Generation in our new COVID-19 World

Jun, 2020

An outbreak of hunger: the spread of food insecurity in a time of Covid-19

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

Jun, 2020

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

Incomes

Jun, 2020

Food insecurity among young people in New Zealand

Jun, 2020

Food insecurity and Māori: research, rhetoric, Racism and rights

A Scenario for Changes in Child Poverty Rates From the COVID-19 Recession

Jun, 2020

A Scenario for Changes in Child Poverty Rates From the COVID-19 Recession

Child Poverty

Jun, 2020

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

Incomes

May, 2020

CPAG's analysis of the 2020 Government budget

Budget

CPAG's analysis of the 2020 Government budget

Feb, 2020

Briefing on reform of the In-Work Tax Credit

Incomes

Briefing on reform of the In-Work Tax Credit

Feb, 2020

A Quick Guide to the In-Work Tax Credit

Tax Policy

Child Poverty Action Group’s response to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing February 2020

Feb, 2020

Child Poverty Action Group’s response to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to ...

Housing

Feb, 2020

Thematic report: Child Poverty in Aotearoa / New Zealand

Child Poverty

Thematic report: Child Poverty in Aotearoa / New Zealand

Jan, 2020

Submission on the Budget Policy Statement 2020

Budget

Submission on the Budget Policy Statement 2020

Dec, 2019

Aotearoa, Land of the Long Wide Bare Cupboard

Food Security

Campaign

Dec, 2019

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

Incomes

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

Nov, 2019

Children’s experience of food insecurity in New Zealand

Nov, 2019

Living with hunger: How families manage when things are tight

Nov, 2019

Fat, famished or starved in a land of plenty?

Proceedings Summit 2019: Whakamana Tāngata: Where to from here?

Nov, 2019

Proceedings Summit 2019: Whakamana Tāngata: Where to from here?

Welfare System

Oct, 2019

Submission on the Retirement Income Review 2019

Incomes

Submission on the Retirement Income Review 2019

Sep, 2019

The experts can all agree: Whakamana Tāngata response from Child Poverty Action Group

Welfare System

The experts can all agree: Whakamana Tāngata response from Child Poverty Action Group

Sep, 2019

Living Well: How Social and Income Inequalities Damage Children

Child Poverty

Child Poverty in New Zealand: Educational resource

Sep, 2019

Child Poverty in New Zealand: Educational resource

Child Poverty

Aug, 2019

What the Government needs to do now to lift children out of poverty

Welfare System

What the Government needs to do now to lift children out of poverty

Jul, 2019

‘Relationship status’ and the Welfare System in Aotearoa New Zealand

Welfare System

Jun, 2019

Submission on the Credit Contracts Legislation Amendment Bill

Incomes

Submission on the Credit Contracts Legislation Amendment Bill

May, 2019

The Accommodation Supplement: The wrong tool to fix the house

Housing

May, 2019

Budget Summary: Improving child Wellbeing? Some relief, but no transformation