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New inquiry into a fair start for all
Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: poverty, research, policy, families
Productivity Commission media release: 15th June 2021 The Government has asked the New Zealand Productivity Commission - Te Kōmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa to prepare the Terms of Reference for a new inquiry, aimed at finding ways to break the cycle of long-
Child wellbeing reports highlight need for ongoing action
Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, children, young people, Report, wellbeing, mental wellbeing, poverty, families
Beehive media release: 13th May 2021 The Government has released the first Annual Report for the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy and the second Child Poverty Related Indicators (CPRI) Report, both of which highlight improvements in the lives of childre
Creating Solutions: Towards better health equity for all
Posted: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 in: Conferences With tags: conferences, health, equity, inequality, poverty, culture
Registrations are now open for the Creating Solutions – Towards better health equity for all conference
Canterbury Health in All Policies Newsletter: November 2020
Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, health in all policies, planning, collaboration, resilience, health determinants, poverty
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting one of the most important concepts underlying the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach: How policy decisions affect health and health systems, including the distribution of health and equity
Targets set to help break the cycle of child poverty
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, poverty, families
Beehive media release: 22nd May 2019 The Government has today confirmed the first set of official targets to break the cycle of child poverty - one of New Zealand’s most significant intergenerational wellbeing challenges
CPAG launches Welfare fit for Families campaign
Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: campaign, poverty, support, families, welfare, policy
Child Poverty Action Group media release: 6th September 2018 What will it take to ensure that all children living in Aotearoa-New Zealand have all their wellbeing needs met? Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says when families fall on hard times, they s

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