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    • Swarbrick frustrated by Deputy PM not backing alcohol harm minimisation bill

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      Politics health
      10 Aug 2022
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      Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick says she is frustrated that her bill to ban alcohol sponsorship in sports is not receiving the backing of the government, despite the presence of overwhelming evidence. Audio

      Swarbrick frustrated by Deputy PM not backing alcohol harm minimisation bill
    • Poverty groups disappointed by budget

      Audio 20 May 2022
      White old sock damage and hole in kind feet

      Groups representing those most disadvantaged in Aotearoa say they're disappointed the budget hasn't gone far enough.

      Child Poverty Action Group says while it is encouraging to see large investments… Audio

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      Poverty groups disappointed by budget
    • Income insurance scheme risks two-teir system

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      politics
      2 Feb 2022
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      Under a new policy proposed today by Finance Minister Grant Robertson, workers who lose their job could be paid up to 80 percent of their wage for up to seven months. The Child Poverty Action Group… Audio

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      Income insurance scheme risks two-teir system
    • Anti-poverty group says families package still falling short

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      26 Jan 2022
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      The government's touting the success of a families package scheme, saying it helped more than half of all families with children in its first year.

      Introduced in 2018, the Families Package boosted… Audio

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      Anti-poverty group says families package still falling short
    • Question Time for 8 December 2021

      Audio 8 Dec 2021
      1. CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s statements and actions?

      2. Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New…

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      Question Time for 8 December 2021
    • Slow pace of welfare reform increasing pandemic-related inequity - report

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      New Zealand
      8 Dec 2021
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      Faster action on welfare reform could have eased some of the pressure on struggling families over lockdown, the Child Poverty Action Group says.

      Slow pace of welfare reform increasing pandemic-related inequity - report
    • As food prices rise, Auckland City Mission sees higher demand for services

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      New Zealand Covid-19
      12 Nov 2021
      Food parcels at  BBM HQ in Manukau.

      Over the past three months, the demand for Te Tāpui Atawhai Auckland City Mission's services has been the highest in the organisation's 100-year history.

      As food prices rise, Auckland City Mission sees higher demand for services
    • 'This level of increase to family incomes is not enough'

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      New Zealand children
      6 Nov 2021
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      Increases to the Family Tax Credit and Best Start payments are welcomed, but are not enough to lift children out of poverty, the Children's Commissioner and Green Party say.

      Increases to Family Tax Credit and Best Start payments 'not enough', critics argue
    • Digital divide, food costs hit hard for some families after long lockdown

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      New Zealand Covid-19
      20 Oct 2021
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      Auckland school kids have been stuck at home for more than two months now - and teachers are doing what they can to help whānau who are struggling.

      Digital divide, food costs hit hard for some families after long lockdown
    • 8500 more beneficiaries since start of Delta outbreak, figures show

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      New Zealand Covid-19
      12 Oct 2021
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      Since the start of the Delta outbreak, 8500 more people have ended up on the benefit, Ministry of Social Development figures show.

      8500 more beneficiaries since start of Delta outbreak, figures show
    • Govt progress on welfare overhaul frustratingly slow - advocates

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      New Zealand politics
      30 Sep 2021
      Carmel Sepuloni on Budget Day 2021.

      Another benefit sanction is on the scrap heap, but advocates are questioning how long it's taking for the government to make good on its promise to overhaul the welfare system.

      Govt progress on welfare overhaul frustratingly slow - advocates
    • Lockdowns push families and migrants to the edge - advocates

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      New Zealand Covid-19
      18 Sep 2021
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      Lockdowns and restrictions have pushed some families and groups to the bone financially, and the government needs to offer better support, social support groups say.

      Lockdowns push families and migrants to the edge - advocates
    • $50/week boost in benefits was rejected for Budget

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      New Zealand
      5 Aug 2021
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      Cabinet ministers considered giving beneficiaries a full $50 a week boost in this year's Budget, just-released documents reveal.

      $50/week boost in benefits was rejected for Budget
    • Covid-19: Pandemic forced more children into poverty - report

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      children money
      27 Jul 2021
      White old sock damage and hole in kind feet

      Covid-19 may have tipped 18,000 more children into poverty.

      The Child Poverty Action Group says its modelling shows more whānau have been doing it tough since the nationwide lockdown - with Māori and… Audio

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      Covid-19: Pandemic forced more children into poverty - report
    • Covid-19 may have pushed thousands more children into poverty

      News
      New Zealand Covid-19
      27 Jul 2021
      Food parcels at  BBM HQ in Manukau.

      New research from the Child Poverty Action Group shows that, in the year since the nationwide lockdown, many more whānau have been doing it tough, with Māori and Pacific the hardest hit.

      Covid-19 may have pushed thousands more children into poverty
    • Woman sanctioned by MSD over fear of naming child's father owed thousands

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      money inequality
      7 Jul 2021
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      Welfare advocates say thousands of women who had benefits docked unfairly because they could not or would not name their child's father could be entitled to significant lump sum refunds.

      But the… Video, Audio

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      Woman sanctioned by MSD over fear of naming child's father owed thousands
    • Unemployment insurance scheme could cost $5b a year

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      Politics life and society
      25 May 2021
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      The government is pushing ahead with designing a social unemployment insurance scheme with Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions.

      Unemployment insurance scheme could cost up to $5 billion a year
    • 'Burdensome process' - No beneficiaries sanctioned for failing social obligations

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      New Zealand
      24 May 2021
      Parenting

      No one has ever had their benefit cut for failing to have their children in school or enrolled with a doctor despite requirements for parents to meet so-called social obligations.

      No beneficiaries sanctioned for failing social obligations
    • CPAG wants obligations for beneficiary parents lifted

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      life and society
      24 May 2021
      Generic money.

      The Child Poverty Action Group is questioning why the government isn't acting faster to remove a benefit sanction that isn't even being enforced.

      Parents on the benefit have to meet several social… Audio

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      CPAG wants obligations for beneficiary parents lifted
    • BusinessNZ supports welfare increases in Budget

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      Business Budget 2021
      21 May 2021
      Business NZ CEO Kirk Hope

      The government's welfare increases could have been bigger and they will help businesses, a business leader says. Audio

      Budget 2021: BusinessNZ supports welfare increases which 'could have been more'
    • Budget 2021: Panel on benefits boost, business impact

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      money economy
      21 May 2021
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      The response to the 2021 budget is testament to the fact that you can't please everyone.

      Changes to benefits and investment in Maori housing are being welcomed in some quarters - while others say… Audio

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      Budget 2021: Panel on benefits boost, business impact
    • NZ Budget 2021: Billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line

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      Comment & Analysis Budget 2021
      20 May 2021
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      New Zealand has now had three "Wellbeing Budgets": the prototype in 2019, the Covid-19 "Rebuilding Together" version in 2020, and today Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced the Labour government…

      NZ Budget 2021: Billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line
    • A 'truancy crisis': 60,000 students chronically absent

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      education
      20 May 2021
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      Ministry of Education figures show more than 60,000 students are classified as chronically absent, missing at least three days of school every fortnight. Almost 40 percent of pupils are not going to… Audio

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      A 'truancy crisis': 60,000 students chronically absent
    • Bryce Edwards: Will the government take the poverty crisis seriously?

      News
      Politics Comment & Analysis
      17 May 2021
      Finance Minister Grant Robertson and PM Jacinda Ardern unveiling the plan to help first-home buyers.

      Political Roundup - This week's Budget is a chance for the government to take the crisis of inequality seriously. A big boost to benefits would be the most effective way, Dr Bryce Edwards writes.

      Bryce Edwards: Will the government take the poverty crisis seriously?
    • Child Poverty Action responds to new reports

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      politics
      13 May 2021
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      The Child Poverty Action Group says the latest data on child poverty makes grim reading. Two new reports on child poverty and wellbeing show one in five children are living in households where food… Audio

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      Child Poverty Action responds to new reports
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